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OPEN HOUSE By aPPOiNtmENt amagansett | $8,200,000 | By the beach – south of Further Lane. A modern interpretation of a Traditional Hamptons estate. A magnificent 8,500 sf home with gracious, airy interiors that seamlessly integrate to the outdoors. Web# H23070. Josiane Fleming 631.267.7383
OPEN HOUSE By aPPOiNtmENt Water mill | $3,695,000 | Gated, private estate with tennis, Gunite pool with waterfall and pool house. On 5.5 acres, 8,000 sf, 8 bedrooms, 7.5 baths, 3 fireplaces, chef’s kitchen. Doubleheight ceilings, light-filled, bayviews. Web# H31558. lori Barbaria 516.702.5649 | lbarbaria@elliman.com
OPEN HOUSE Sat. 7/20 | 2-4Pm 2 Waters Edge, (Off of Dune road) Quogue | $3,250,000 | Open bay waterfront beach home with heated Gunite pool overlooking the water. Bulkheaded with private dock and right-of-way to ocean. Web# H40407. lynn November 631.680.4111
OPEN HOUSE Sat. 7/20 & SUN. 7/21 | 10am-12Pm | 5 Bay road, Southampton | $1,595,000 | Beach house offering 4 en suite bedrooms, a fabulous chef’s kitchen and a formal dining room overlooking pool. This compound, in a secluded enclave, is immaculate. Web# H41644. David Donohue 631.204.2715
OPEN HOUSE Sat. 7/20 | 12-1Pm 46 John Street, Southampton $1,580,000 | 1920s Village home renovated and upgraded. Porch to front parlor has original fireplace and is light filled. Features 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths and large master. Web# H54496. lori Barbaria 516.702.5649 | lbarbaria@elliman.com
OPEN HOUSE Sat. 7/20 12-2:30Pm & SUN. 7/21 | 1-3Pm 134 Spring Pond lane, Southampton | $1,499,000 Modern 6-bedroom, 5.5-bath Traditional, open floor plan, vaulted living, gourmet kitchen, formal dining, family room and pool. Web# H21063. Diane West 516.721.5199
OPEN HOUSE Sat. 7/20 & SUN. 7/21 | 12-3Pm | 11 Sandy’s lane, remsenburg | $1,475,000 | Built in 2005, this home has it all. This home offers a grand open living area with fireplace, gourmet kitchen, spacious bedrooms, pool and tennis. Web# H16403. Jon Holderer 917.848.7624
OPEN HOUSE By aPPOiNtmENt Bridgehampton | $1,295,000 | A 2-bedroom 1940s Stucco Cottage, with a 2-bedroom loft-style barn with chef’s kitchen and a third summer house with bedroom and bath. Gunite pool all country style detached garage. Web# H42678. lori Barbaria 516.702.5649 | lbarbaria@elliman.com
OPEN HOUSE SUN. 7/21 10am-12Pm | 4 the registry, East Quogue | $1,200,000 | This amazing house was totally renovated in 1998 and offers 8 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 2 great rooms with fireplaces, as well as a fabulous pool. Web# H19255. ann Pallister 631.723.2721
OPEN HOUSE SUN. 7/21 | 1-2:30Pm 11 E. Donellan rd, Hampton Bays $899,000 | Gorgeous water views from this Old World style, recently updated home. Relax by the fireplace, heated pool, your private beach, or ride on your boat, which can be moored with permit. Web# H23158. constance Porto 631.723.2721
OPEN HOUSE Sat. 7/20 | 1-3Pm 5 Wooleys Drive, Southampton $825,000 | This Cape home, owned by the original developer, offers 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with community tennis and beach, and the opportunity to expand. Web# H25808. David Donohue 631.204.2715
OPEN HOUSE SUN. 7/21 11:30am-1Pm | 153 Ponquogue ave, Hampton Bays | $669,000 This charming updated Victorian has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with a separate 700 sf cottage and nearly 300 sf work shed, both legal. Web# H44678. Kathleen Warner 631.723.2721
OPEN HOUSE Sat. 7/20 | 12-2Pm East Hampton | $625,000 | Bring your boat, because this exceptionally well priced home is no more than 50 ft from Northwest Harbor and a short distance to a bay beach. Stay for sunset over Shelter Island. Web# H42286. Kenneth meyer 631.329.9400
PictUrE PErFEct Water mill | $3,400,000 | Adjacent to reserve. Game room, private office, 6 bedrooms, state-of-the-art kitchen, screened-in porch, heated pool on manicured grounds and Har-Tru tennis. Web# H34652. cynthia Barrett 917.865.9917 cynthia.barrett@elliman.com
amagaNSEtt DUNES PriVacy amagansett | $2,450,000 | Light and spacious 5-bedroom, 5.5-bath sprawling Postmodern with heated pool, decking, central air, high-end kitchen, 4 fireplaces bordered by preserve and offers total seclusion. Web# H0156676. Bridget Brosseau 631.267.7667
SagaPONacK gEm Sagaponack | $1,495,000 | Chic 3-bedroom, 2 newly renovated baths, barn-style home with chef’s kitchen, and high ceilings on 2.1 beautifully landscaped secluded acres with heated pool. Web# H48567. cynthia Barrett 917.865.9917 cynthia.barrett@elliman.com
VillagE FriNgE East Hampton | $995,000 | Only a short distance to the heart of the Village, neighborhood restaurants, and ocean beaches. Many lifestyle possibilities with various living areas. Web# H39685. robert Kohr 631.267.7375 | lori macgarva 631.267.7374
QUEEN aNNE VictOriaN Quogue | $1,150,000 | Authentic Queen Anne Victorian with every architectural detail in place. This is a dream come true for lovers of a bygone era in Quogue. South-ofthe-highway and Quogue Beach. Web# H19280. adriana Jurcev 917.678.6543
VillagE traDitiONal East Hampton | $1,050,000 | This home incorporates a second level artist’s studio area with southern light exposure for your viewing. The home incorporates 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, fireplace and a 2-car garage. Web# H32337. Ernest Schade 516.647.6700
caPE WitH BayViEWS & POOl East Quogue | $729,000 | Picture perfect Cape, meticulously kept, offers 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, full finished basement, outdoor dining patio, artists studio and heated pool. Do not just drive by this gem of a home. Web# H17885. codi garcete 516.381.1031
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41 Three Murders
43 Clean Your Plate
45 Egypt
47 GrillHampton/DTOTF
by Dan Rattiner Southampton, East Hampton, Amagansett, sex, drugs and money
by Dan Rattiner The diary of a food tasting judge at the inaugural GrillHampton this weekend
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by Eric Feil, Gen Horsburgh, Kelly Laffey and Oliver Peterson The many, many delights of two days and fabulous food
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57 E.L. Doctorow, Pia Lindstrom and Others
69 Stanford White Talk at Southampton Historical
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53 Going to the Beach by Mr. Sneiv Pack Burros?
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The H amptons Subway Newsletter Week of July 20-27, 2013 Riders this past week: 15,823 Rider miles this past week: 113,412s DOWN IN THE TUBE Gwyneth Paltrow and J.Lo were seen riding in a subway car across from each other either by accident or on purpose on the subway between Wainscott and East Hampton Tuesday. Justin Bieber was seen between East Hampton and Montauk on Saturday night at 11 p.m. heading east. Someone who looked a lot like Leonardo DiCaprio was seen leaning against the platform newsstand at the Hampton Bays station on Thursday. Tony Walton was seen heading to East Hampton from Bridgehampton on Friday. Three Vladimirs were seen on the subway this past week. They were Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, Vladimir Nabokov, the novelist and Wladimir Klitschko, the famous Ukrainian prize fighter. HELP US NAME THE CARS We’re having a subway car naming contest!
Submit your proposed name for one of the 38 cars we have on the system. Drop your suggestion in the suggestion box on the wall by the turnstiles at any platform, and indicate which car should bear the name you are suggesting. The cars are numbered 5 through 29, then 31 to 44. We don’t know why. We asked Commissioner Aspinall what he would suggest, and he asked his kids for suggestions. His 5year-old daughter Angela suggested “The Little Engine that Could.” His 11-year-old son Bart suggested “The Terminator.” This is no fooling. When you get on a commercial airliner, it has a name. It’s there right under the pilot’s window. “Cloud Jumper.” Or “Duchess of the Skies.” Or “Soaring American Eagle.” But none are suitable for a subway car. SYMPHONY As a special treat for subway riders, Mr. Aspinall has arranged for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to come to the platform at the Southampton stop on Thursday at noon to perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s famous 1812 Overture. The orchestra will take up the entire platform so those wishing to hear it must stay
SUBWAY ENTRANCE TO BE MOVED? The Bridgehampton Council is considering asking that the entrance to the Bridgehampton subway stop be moved from the sidewalk in front of the Candy Kitchen to the parking lot in the back. It’s too tempting for the children to resist going in for an ice cream after the frightening bumpy ride from wherever, which we’re currently working on fixing. ANNUAL REPORT Hampton Subway’s annual report was issued to the stockholders last week. If you are a stockholder but didn’t get one, call our office. If you are not a stockholder but did get one, please return it to our office unopened. COMMISSIONER ASPINALL’S MESSAGE Hampton Subway wants to know what YOU think. If you have any suggestions, just get up on the bench in any subway car and shout it into the surveillance camera just below the ceiling in every car. This will save a lot of work and energy, as we will not have to unlock the suggestion boxes on all the platforms every day, remove what’s in them, take them to headquarters, sort them out, make up a report and file them.
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Stolen Silverware A woman in Southampton reported that her silverware was stolen while she was at the beach having a family picnic. When asked how much the silverware was worth, she said that it was worth roughly $15,000. The silverware was made, in fact, of solid silver and was also encrusted with diamonds in the handles. Yup… that’s normal. Lost and Found A family at Cooper’s Beach was in sheer panic on Sunday when they lost track of their 13-year-old daughter. The father reported to the lifeguards that she had gone missing and that the last time he saw her was when she walked down the beach heading east. Concerned she might have been kidnapped or might be struggling while swimming, the father raced down the beach on foot as the rest of the family went looking for her. She was found lying on a towel, next to a group of boys she had just met. Somebody is being grounded for the rest of her life. Fight Police in Hampton Bays responded to a bar fight between two men who were fighting over a woman. One man became angry when the other man insulted the woman he was with by calling her a lying w@#$!. The man who was sitting with the woman began to defend her. When the scuffle was broken up, it was revealed that the man who had called the woman a liar was, in fact, her husband. Shelter Island Old Man McGumbus, 102-year-old Grand Chairman of the Shelter Island Association of United Founders, and former World War II machine gunner, was arrested last week for the illegal possession and use of the following weapons: a German Flammenwerfer 35 flame thrower, a 42M Vecsey grenade, 7 Polish Bechowiec-1 machine guns, 9 British Lewis sub-machine guns, 10 bazookas, 3 American M1 carbine rifles, and four Soviet Fedorov Avtomat machine guns. After he was arrested, it was determined that he was allowed to own such an arsenal after he proved they were all his. “Basically, they were either given to me from friends whose asses I rescued or from guys I killed. Finders keepers,” McGumbus said. No License A woman in Westhampton is facing charges of possession of marijuana, in addition to a charge of growing cannabis without a license. The arrest has prompted some serious questions: since when can you get a license to grow cannabis in the Hamptons?
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Three Murders Southampton, East Hampton, Amagansett, Sex, Drugs and Money By Dan Rattiner
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ere is an account of each of the three spectacular murders that have occurred here in the Hamptons in the last 30 years. Two of the three have involved men from Wall Street. The third involved a wealthy show business producer. Two lived in East Hampton. One lived in Southampton. Two were victims. One was a killer. Two murders took place at night in the victims’ homes in the Hamptons. The third victim, the owner of a 72-room oceanfront mansion in Southampton, was killed while on his way to a dinner at La Scala in Beverly Hills, California. All three people accused of murder went on trial and were convicted. Much of the information in the accounts below was presented by the prosecution at each of these trials. Those accused tried to disprove it. All three murders have had at least one book written about them. At least one became a made-for-TV movie. JOSEPH PIKUL In 1986, Joe Pikul was a vice president of the investment firm Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder on Wall Street. He and his wife Diane, the assistant to the publisher of Harper’s magazine, and their two young children also had a summer home
on Windmill Lane in Amagansett. Late on the night of October 24, 1987, Joe and Diane had an argument in the bedroom. Joe accused Diane of being unfaithful to him. He wanted her to explain a condom he had found under their bed that was not his brand. When she refused to confirm she had been having an affair, he beat her with a blunt object and then strangled her. It was not known if the children were awakened by the ruckus. After killing her he carried the body downstairs and put it in the trunk of his car. First thing the next morning, Pikul drove his car down to the Amagansett hardware store and, according to the clerk who waited on him there, calmly purchased a rug, towels, plastic furniture covers, ice, a clothesline, a car cover, and when the clerk helped him carry all this material out to his car out front, suggested he open the trunk and throw it all in, Pikul told him no, don’t bother, he would do that. The clerk then went back inside to wait on others. During that morning, Pikul tied up the body, then buried it on the beach at Little Albert’s landing. The next day, thinking it was too close to home and that flood conditions might bring it up, he dug it up and drove up to Norwell, Massachusetts where his first wife lived— he and Sandra Jarvinen had been divorced for years but were on a (Cont’d on next page)
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Murders (Cont’d from previous page) friendly basis now—and told her what he had done and said he wanted to bury the body in her backyard. She demurred, saying there was also a “high water table” on her property so the body might come back up and this was a bad idea. So Pikul left Massachusetts and drove to the New York State Thruway where he pulled off the road near the Newburgh exit, dragged the body out of the trunk and left it in a drainage ditch about 30 feet from the road. Then, when he returned to Amagansett, he made a missing person report about his wife. She had run off, he said. A few days after that, the body of Diane Pikul was found, a connection was made with the missing persons report, and the local police visited what they now thought might be the murder scene. Joseph Pikul was then arrested and charged with the murder of his wife. In the interval between the murder and the trial, Pikul raised bail, was released, and, because there were no laws on the books about a situation where a mother was possibly murdered by a father, took custody of his small children, Claudia, age 9 and Blake, age 5. He proceeded to live with them in the city for many months until the judge reversed course and granted custody to the victim’s cousin. The trial was sensational. Sandra Jarvinen, the first wife, after talking about her conversation with Pikul about the contents of the trunk, told the jury that when she divorced him years before it was because he beat her. She also told the jury he often wore women’s underclothes, a
fact that jibed with the fact that when the police arrested him they found him wearing a bra and panties under his clothes. Pikul was convicted, but appealed. He remained in jail while appealing, but somehow and nevertheless, he befriended a woman named Mary Bain, who declared she loved him and wanted to marry him. Since Pikul was now a footloose and fancy-free bachelor once again, he was free to do so and did, in a jailhouse ceremony. Soon thereafter, however, Pikul got very sick. He was soon diagnosed both with AIDS and cancer and given only a short time to live. It was also now believed he was schizophrenic. He died in jail before the appeals court could rule on the case. A cousin of the victim took custody and then raised the kids. ROY RADIN Roy Radin grew up in Long Beach, Long Island, the son of “Broadway Al” Radin, a man who produced many Vaudeville productions on Broadway. His mother was a showgirl and it was she who raised him, with Al visiting occasionally from Manhattan. At 16, Roy Radin dropped out of high school and began producing his own revues with the now aging stars he had known as a little boy. They included Red Buttons, Morey Amsterdam, Milton Berle, Donald O’Connor and Tiny Tim. One of the first of these, “Tribute to Vaudeville” ran for 14 weeks at the Bally Hotel in Atlantic City. Soon he came up with another idea that he
felt could quickly make him a millionaire. It did. Radin began producing these “Tribute to Vaudeville” shows in high school gymnasiums all around the country. There was no shortage of aging vaudeville stars willing to go out and hoof it. The local people would pay to see these famous stars in their hometowns. The ticket money to these shows was incidental. Much more of it came from the advertising in a program for the event that batteries of telephone callers would sell to local merchants, not only for the show, but allegedly to support such organizations as charities for handicapped children, firefighters, police officer benefit organizations and other community causes. At this point, Radin, still a teenager, moved his operation to Hampton Bays, where his mother had moved now that the kids had grown. With his employees and friends, he worked the phones and conducted the business. Around 1979, at the Dan’s Papers offices in Bridgehampton, I received a phone call from one of Radin’s phone callers, asking that Dan’s Papers buy an ad in such a program for a show at Southampton High School. The caller spoke in a rough, tough manner and gave the impression he was actually a policeman and it was a good idea because the police gave special protection to storefront offices such as mine. I bought. I did not buy the following year, however. Other merchants in town told me what it was all about. I seem to recall that at the time, the Attorney General of the State of New York, Louis Leftkowitz, had opened an (Continued on page 56)
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Clean Your Plate
The Diary of a Food Tasting Judge at GrillHampton By Dan Rattiner
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s any newspaper editor will tell you, an important part of being an editor in a community is accepting the job of being a judge at a chili contest. Over the years, I have done that half a dozen times. It’s easy and it’s fun. You go to a firehouse or a bar or a school auditorium, there’s lots of people there, and there is placed in front of you ten pots of chili prepared by ten different restaurant chefs. You are given a spoon and a plate, and it is your job, before the chili is served to all the people who have paid $30 to be there, to have a taste of one and then another and then another, give them each a rating from one to ten on a card, give the card to a master of ceremonies and wait around to see who you and the other judges have selected as the winner. After that, everybody partakes of the remainder of the chili, buffet style. Frankly, I thought that is how the judging would take place when I was asked if I would be a judge at the Dan’s Papers GrillHampton event last Friday night. That’s not the way it was at all. The venue was an enormous white party tent in Sayre Park in Bridgehampton decorated inside to rival a hotel ballroom. Hundreds of people were there. I was ushered through this grand space in which the band New Life Crisis Dan's Banner Clocks_Layout 1 5/18/12 9:44 AM Page 1
was rocking and rolling away to happy throngs while along both sides chefs and servers stood preparing an array of grilled foods on tables. There were banners from each of 16 restaurants behind them. Eight were from the Hamptons and the North Fork. Eight were from New York. The crowd was standing around, or sitting around on picnic tables there, chatting and eating. But that’s not where us judges were taken. At the far end of the tent, we were asked to step up onto a platform on which there was a long dining table upon which were the names of the five judges of this contest on placards facing the audience. I was asked to sit behind my placard. There was a bottle of water. There was a clipboard with a form on it and a ballpoint pen. And I was told to wait. As everybody would watch, I and the other judges were to be served a 16-course meal. Each course would be from a different restaurant, the first arriving with food at 8:40 p.m., which was a few minutes off, and the next five minutes afterward. All the names of all 16 restaurants were on this form, all in rows with times they would arrive with the food. There were columns. We were to rate the food from 1 to 10. The categories were ORIGINALITY, TASTE, PRESENTATION and SIDEDISH. You’d add up all the ratings and get a total. Then you would,
sometime around 9:30 p.m., turn the forms in. Now, when I was growing up, my mother, who prepared healthy meals for our family, insisted that whatever we put on our plates to eat, we ate. She said there were people starving in Africa and Asia. They needed food. We shouldn’t waste ours. We should clean our plates, and that would make us members of the clean plate club. Now that was some time ago, but nevertheless, when the first plate of food was placed in front of me, there was my mother, hovering way up high under the top of the tent, smiling down, urging me to continue with my membership in the club. There were, among the other judges, people who are well known in the food-preparation business. The person to my left, for example, was Karine Bakhoum, who’s been a judge on the Iron Chef America TV show. She is known as the Iron Palate, she said. Some people came over to the dais to talk to me during the evening. Many more people came over to talk to her. The food was served to us, exactly at the required time, which gave us three full minutes to clean our plates, and then it was removed, and immediately the next plate of food was brought in. Now, admittedly, these were not large portions. They were half portions. I present a photo of one (Continued on next page)
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down some notes as this occasion proceeded. Here are these notes. “Glutton.” “This is not a hot dog eating contest.” “Plate of watermelon served to clear your palate.” “Another thing to clear your palate—a Mojito thing with beer, Vodka and mint. Gotta not drink too much of that.” “Others are not cleaning their plates.” “The later ones don’t taste as good. How do I adjust for that.”
I asked Karine Bakhoum about that. “You just adjust for that,” she said. This is after the seventh thing we were served. She’d taken just one bite. I also discovered that my ballpoint pen would, after a while, not write. It seemed to be the butter in the food that had gotten on it. I held it up. “Blow on it,” Ms. Bakhoum said. She Deconstructed Delmonico’s Steak took it from me. She blew on it. She handed it back. Now it worked again. “Do you know how many ballpoint pens I have thrown away in my lifetime because I did not know this trick?” I asked her. I think 40% of global warming has been caused by my pen wastage. When each course was served to us, not only the earlier course was taken away—I might not have completely cleaned my plate—but the chef, accompanying the new dish, would come by and tell us about what he had made. “This is Wasabi Pea Crusted Grilled Tuna served atop local grilled corn salad with papaya eel glaze and Sea Salt and Herb Crusted Grilled NY Strip atop Blue Duck crostini with Catapano Farm goat cheese, Satur Farm chimichurri, red chili rosemary oil grilled smashed potato,” Peter Ambrose from Hampton Seafood said. I thought, a person could die being a judge. I asked Ms. Bakhoum how she did it. “This is how I earn my living,” she said. And so, after nearly one hour of eating some of the finest concoctions ever made by some of the finest chefs in the world, we finished. I looked at my scores. Four of the 16 stood out with the highest scores. I wondered if all us judges agreed. With chili, it was often the case. But I thought, in this case, I bet it isn’t. “What are your four best?” I asked Ms. Bakhoum. She wrote hers down. I compared them to my four. Only one restaurant we wrote down appeared on both forms. Other than that we completely disagreed. I also noticed that two of her four were from the Hamptons and two of her four were from New York City. And it was the same for me. I am not going to tell you the name of the one we both put on our lists. But I will tell you it was a Hamptons restaurant. Invite me to dinner and I will take you there. At the end of the night, all us judges crowded on stage with the 16 chefs to hear the winners. The judges’ choice winner was Hill Country Barbecue Market, from Manhattan. The people’s choice winner was Rumba, in Hampton Bays. Then came the grand prize, in which it was revealed whether the judges had selected the Hamptons restaurants as a team winner or the New York restaurants. The Hamptons had won. Everybody cheered. I did, too. When I woke up on the morning of this competition, I weighed myself. I weighed 171 pounds. I am writing this at midnight, back home, after the event. I am not even going to 27909 guess what I will weigh tomorrow morning. But mom will be proud.
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Egypt When Someone is Elected and Suppresses Democracy, What Do You Do?
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t has been surprising to me that nothing has been mentioned anywhere in the coverage of the upheavals in Egypt about its parallels to similar upheavals in Turkey during the twentieth century. Commentators are fretting about a second military takeover in Egypt. Frequent military takeovers happened in Turkey for more than half a century. The country has been a democracy since the end of World War II. And only recently military takeovers have been brought to an end. There is no reason that the Turkish model for government could not be considered an important model for the Egyptian. I spent some time in Turkey not so long ago. It is a country that is 99% Muslim—even more Muslim than Egypt. The call to the prayers are heard over loudspeakers all through Istanbul five times a day. Though some bow down to pray, others don’t. They are more secular. And they just go about their business. What is so remarkable is how the government of Turkey keeps Radical Islam under control. Prior to 1909, the Sultans ruled Turkey. They were very wealthy, had harems and slaves, and each had their own region of rule. The priests from Islam advised them and could overrule them. Harsh Sharia law was the law of the land—stoning for adultery, the cutting off of a
hand for robbery. There was a very severe tone of life in that country. Obedience and prayer were the keynotes. Women had limited rights. Their children went to religious schools and studied the Koran, which many radicals declare means death to nonbelievers. In 1923, a Turkish general named Ataturk, after driving off an attempt by Greeks to conquer what was left of the Ottoman Empire, declared Turkish independence and became the country’s first President. He decided to create a new order in Turkey that would consist of a constitutional government. He declared himself President. He created a National Assembly. He decreed religion would be separate and allow for a free choice—not only Islam but any other religion welcome—and a westernized government of lawmakers who would rule the land. He also made many other changes. For starters, he himself threw off his traditional Muslim robes to appear in tie and jacket when in public. In 1924 he abolished the Sharia courts. In 1925 he passed what was known as the Hat Law. The fez was now illegal. With other laws he declared women to have equal rights, he dumped the Islamic calendar and brought in the Gregorian calendar. Most famously, he changed the written word. Everything would be written using the Latin alphabet. Things would no longer be written in Arabic. All the schoolbooks had to be rewritten. He did not pass a law
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Egypt (Continued from previous page) Although he came from a party that outsiders perceived as Islamic fundamentalist, he soon proved that he could handle the job. and they also continued to suppress radical Islam whenever it appeared in rival political parties by bringing in the military. And here is where it got interesting. Almost all parties hoping for any chance to get elected had to appeal to the majority, who were all basically Muslim. Most followed what Ataturk had set down. But others, running for office and declaring they would adhere to
the modern ways, did not. Sometimes those setting the country backward in this way were the new Prime Ministers themselves. When that happened, the military would step in and quietly kick them out. You could call it a coup. But soon, there would be new elections and new voting for parties that once again had to agree to a government that would be for all, not just for Islam. I think, from Ataturk’s death until just ten years ago, there were as many as three or four coups, where the military stepped in, reset the country on its prescribed course, and then once again handed the country back to the civilian government. It was an odd thing to see from the outside. But there it was. In 2003, Recep Erdogan, a very popular
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he GrillHampton competition on Friday and Dan’s Third Annual Taste of Two Forks on Saturday provided a bevy of rich foodie experiences. To bring it all to life, Dan’s Papers staffers wrote tasty little “morsels” as they devoured the best that our two forks and New York have to offer. The inaugural GrillHampton was an evening of fine food and festive atmosphere, enjoyed by guests and chefs from the Hamptons and New York City. But the Hamptons team eventually came out on top. Chef David Hersh of Rumba took home the Blue Moon People’s Choice award for his Dominican Ribs, while Hill Country BBQ Market’s Elizabeth Karnel won Judge’s Choice. Herewith, a tasting menu of the highlights and memorable moments… •Weeks before the big night, Chef David Hersh, of Rumba in Hampton Bays, seemed to be joking when he revealed his GrillHampton preparation regimen, unique among the myriad competitors under the tent. “I’m exercising three times a day and trying to mentally prepare for this
gruesome battle ahead,” he said. “I’ve hired a coach to make sure that I’m ready for this competition. We are working around the clock going over the details and game plan for the day.” When Rumba’s Dominican Ribs reigned victorious as the Blue Moon People’s Choice Award winner, were those whispers we heard about more chefs hiring trainers for next year? •The inaugural GrillHampton was, in an utter (not udder!) coincidence, held on Cow Appreciation Day. “Is it really Cow Appreciation Day?” Chef Keith Luce asked with a conspiratorial grin as he sliced a braised short rib. “Well, we certainly do appreciate them.” •“It’s like the Bermuda Triangle, but I don’t want to get out.”—said a very happy guest standing in one tent corner surrounded by the tippling triumvirate of Miami Cocktail Co., Glenfiddich (serving 12-, 15- and 18-year varieties), and Sailor Jerry rum, as he sipped their version of the classic Dark and Stormy—the aptly named Perfect Storm. •Chef Colin Ambrose of Estia’s Little Kitchen stepped away from the corn on his grill to share a story about a photography project he
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was working on with then-unknown New York City sous chefs a decade ago, among them a man named Joey Campanaro. With a glance over his shoulder, Ambrose nodded toward the acclaimed chef from NYC’s The Little Owl— Joey Campanaro—serendipitously working in the booth next door to his own. “I get here and there he is, right next to me. I haven’t seen him in 10 years,” Ambrose said with a smile. “That makes a night like this even more special.” •Barbara from Hampton Bays captured the full flavor of the evening: “I’m eating my way around the world—a French burger, tacos, barbecue from Hill Country—it’s like EPCOT for people who love to eat.” •Foody’s Chef Bryan Futerman’s NY strip and beets was melt-in-your-mouth good! Epic local chow out of Water Mill. •Among its offerings at GrillHampton, Blue Moon served its Blue Moon Agave Nectar Ale and a selection of its Proximity, a sauvignon-blancand-beer creation that paired perfectly with the night’s food. The pourers also served up the story of how Blue Moon got its name. Originally brewed underneath (Cont’d on next page)
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DTOTF (Cont’d from previous page) Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, it was served only at the baseball stadium’s SandLot Brewery and was affectionately called Bellyslide, “in honor of the players’ head-first slides into bases right above where the beer was being made.” As Bellyslide began to be distributed outside Coors Field, the powers that be decided a new name was in order. Amid numerous suggestions, a secretary commented that “You only get to drink something like this once in a …” •“Geoffrey, can I get a photo Mr. Zakarian, would it be okay to get a picture Geoffrey, I’m a huge fan, can you sign this Geoffrey? I can’t believe I’m getting to shake your hand Mr. Zakarian! I have a recipe you’d love Geoffrey you have to try this…”—the cacophony of fans enjoying their up-close-and-personal moments with the GrillHampton host, Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian (who accommodated every one, of course)
nodded his head. Talk about a celebrity chef sighting. I consider Zakarian royalty in the “Cheffie World,” and I was stunned to see him up close and more than a little excited. I remember thinking, “He looks exactly the same as on TV!” Throughout the night I caught glimpses of him talking with guests, posing for pictures in his now famous Iron Chef stance, and tasting all of the dishes his fellow chefs had created. •My favorite dish of the night was the French Onion Soup Burger from the NYC restaurant La Rivage. Served on a toasted English muffin and topped with tender caramelized onion and cheese each bite was blissful. As I was standing on the line for this burger, I heard people all around me raving, “Wow, this burger is a amazing,” and “You’ve got to try this burger, it’s a winner.”
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•The aroma of smoke rising from the cherry wood on the Foody’s grill may have inspired a new fragrance, or at the very least, a laundry product. “I’m going to stand here all night and let the smell soak into my clothes,” enthused Vincent from the Upper East Side of Manhattan, “and then I’m never washing them again.”
•The highlight of my evening was having the opportunity to meet Chef Chris Santos of the Stanton Social Club in NYC. Being an avid foodie, I felt star-struck as I shook his hand and chattered about how big a fan I am. He was so nice, so comfortable to talk to and I can’t wait to visit his restaurant one day. He also prepared one of my favorite dishes of the night—sausage and peppers on a mini-roll, served with an eggplant panzanella salad. Being a good Italian girl, I adore sausage and peppers, and this one rivaled some of the best I’ve
•Being under the tent before Paul Mahos of New Life Crisis the event was under way, I had the opportunity to watch top chefs in ever had. action, all working with their staff to produce tastings for the crowd and for a panel of judges. • While Estia’s Little Kitchen (Sag Harbor) I spotted one of my favorite chefs, Elizabeth offered Shredded Beef Tacos with Mexican Slaw, Falkner of NYC’s Corvo Bianco, busy at work at Cynthia Sachs of Hamptons Cupcake Lounge her station. She was talking and laughing with satisfied all the sweet teeth at GrillHampton her staff, looking like she was having a great with her killer cakes. She also boogied down time—and why not? A badass chef like Faulker and danced all night to the sounds of New Life must live for the adrenaline of competition. I Crisis at her station. remember watching her on her season of The Next Iron Chef and admiring her quick-thinking •Guests Samantha and Victoria left GrillHampton and unfailing confidence in herself and her hand in hand, lamenting the end, but with food. That I was standing barely 10 feet away bellies joyfully full. from her, watching her in action, blew me away, and I realized this was going to be a night to •Tito’s Handmade Vodka cocktail, The Go To—a tasty blend of Tito’s Handmade Vodka, remember. elderflower liqueur, fresh lime juice and ginger •There was so much to take in as we strolled beer—was a hit at GrillHampton. As we fondly through the tent, on our way to help out at the look back on the magic of this gourmand’s guest check-in at the front. Ciuffo Cabinetry had delight of an evening, and look ahead to a set up a gorgeous model kitchen, all stainless summer filled with the fine food and beverages steel and modern looking. Miami Cocktail had a that surround us on the East End, we raise bold and colorful set-up, offering three different another cocktail to toast the East End, NYC and kinds of cocktails. I tried the green tea infused another wonderful summer season. with vodka and mint. It was delightful and refreshing, and the vodka taste was subtle, •Now that it’s over, who is ready for next year’s which I enjoyed very much. Blue Moon was also GrillHampton? I know I am! But first, let’s go there, serving their delicious beers in a variety to the third annual Dan’s Taste of Two Forks, of flavors and giving away souvenir Blue Moon hosted by super-chef Bobby Flay. glasses. ound two of foodie nirvana, •I was out front when our host for the night, otherwise known as Dan’s Third Annual Chef Geoffrey Zakarian, pulled up in his black Taste of Two Forks extravaganza. Bigger and Escalade, and I gave a little shout of excitement, better than last year, before the event kicked to which he looked over at me, smiled and off the tent was teeming with activity—chefs,
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sous chefs, bakers, wine makers—all from the Hamptons and the North Fork, all coming together to create a magical night for the dazzling SOLD OUT crowd of food and wine lovers. •The biggest buzz of the night—celebrity chef Bobby Flay acting as host. Whether you’re a foodie or not, you’ve surely heard of Bobby Flay, the innovative, bold Iron Chef who has carved his place in food history with hard work, passion and determination. I spotted him entering the event, watched as he stopped to take pictures with the giant forks and our very own Dan Rattiner, watched as he interviewed with Elisa DeStefano from News 12. I found myself completely in awe of Chef Flay, someone who I’ve been watching on TV for over a decade. •Inside the tent over 1,600 people mingled, stopping at any one of the over 60 food and wine stations along the border and in the middle of the enormous space. The columns of light lent an ethereal feel to the evening, and the smells wafting through the air had my senses on high alert. My first bite of the night was a refreshing watermelon, feta and arugula salad from 75 Main, and I spied owner Zach Erdem with his megawatt smile helping out his staff and greeting guests. To drink we decided to start with a slightly sweet sparkling rosé from Sparkling Pointe. Fresh Hamptons had a yummy warm duck confit salad with spinach, local potatoes, mushrooms and raspberry vinaigrette. We tried some smoky dark chocolate-covered pork rinds from First and South, then some spiced Mexican chocolate ice cream on delightful mini cones from Joe and Liza’s Ice Cream. The Martha Clara Solstice rosé—heralded as the wine of the summer— was crisp, cold and lightly sweetened. •When Chef Flay and emcee Chef Alex Guarnaschelli took the stage, along with Dan the man, the crowd surged forward to get a glimpse of the foodie favorites, and I was no exception. I found both Iron Chefs to be gracious and charming and Chef Guarnaschelli drew a chuckle from the crowd as she proclaimed herself to be “short and sweaty.” When Chef Flay took the mic, cheers erupted from the crowd gathered closest to the stage—and yes, I was among those cheering. We lost sight of the pair as the crowd surrounded them, hoping to get a picture with one or both Iron Chefs. •Chef Flay recommended the Pistachio Sorbet from the folks over at Gourmet Sorbet by the Sorbabes, while Chef Guarnaschelli raved about the Lobster Roll from…The Lobster Roll, of course. The pistachio sorbet was ridiculously delicious and so refreshing, served with a crunchy little sea salt caramel. The lobster roll was everything you would expect—succulent lobster paired with a soft little roll and seasoned perfectly. •Making our way around to the other side of the tent, we stopped at the Wölffer booth and indulged in another sweet rosé, then followed our noses to the Grana booth, where they were serving adorable meatball sliders. •We smelled barbecue (Continued on page 50)
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DTOTF (Continued from page 48) and headed over to Smokin’ Wolf BBW & More, where they were dishing out BBQ Brisket sliders with coleslaw. The meat was smoky and tender and I loved every bite. The Southampton Social Club made some seriously scrumptious braised short rib sliders, accompanied by a roasted strawberry barbecue sauce that I found out-of-this-world good. I had to try Chef Keith Luce’s NoFo Duckling Summer Rolls, which were delightful, and I even snuck in a photo of the chef hard at work at his station. The Amagansett Sea Salt Company offered guests a Cherry Tomato and Basil Kebab dressed with their delicious rosé sea salt. •After leaving the stage, Bobby Flay gave a shout-out to the Hamptons and then very
deliberately—it seems—singled out the North Fork for its delicious fare. Could the king of burgers have been thinking about Chef Keith Luce and his soon-to-be-built meat curing facility? •For my sweet tooth, I visited Sarabeth’s station, where she served an assortment of her signature cookies, all of which I sampled and loved, not surprising coming from Sarabeth’s kitchen. The Blue Duck Bakery had an array of beautiful desserts, from adorable little fruit tarts to decadent chocolate fudge cake. •The wine was flowing at Dan’s Taste of Two Forks, with most wineries opting to bring a red, white and rosé. If red seems counterintuitive to
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•Wölffer bought their signature rosé, as well as a red and a white. There were cases of rosé, in fact, quelling any worries that the winery would run out of the favorite summer sip.
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•“We’re very happy,” said Ron Goerler, Jr., who received the Dan’s Two Forks Outstanding Achievement Award on behalf of the Long Island Wine Council. Goerler is the President of LIWC and owner of Jamesport Vineyards. He added that after 40 years, Long Island wine is finally getting the attention it deserves, plugging his preferred paper with “It’s great to have the recognition of such a high quality paper as Dan’s.” Jamesport Vineyards was pouring two summer whites—a sauvignon blanc and a blend of five different varieties.
•Duck Walk Vineyards brought their popular Blueberry Port, among others. (Also on hand was the Pinot Meunier, which winemaker Edward Lovaas revealed “not many people make in the U.S.”) Nothing says summer in the Hamptons quite like a piece of fresh fruit. Even better if that fruit is perfectly fermented.
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•But it wasn’t all about the wine! Just half. Blue Moon, a major sponsor at Friday night’s GrillHampton, also hosted a table under the Taste of Two Forks tent. As with the previous night, they brought their pioneer beer blend, Proximity, which is made with sauvignon blanc grapes and white wheat, and New Zealand Nelson Sauvin hops. Crisp and refreshing. Of course, many still chose to sample the signature Belgian White!
•Most vineyards showcased their best sellers. Scarola Vineyards brought four—three reds and a white. “We’re an Italian family business,” said Tom Scarola, AKA “Cousin Tommy.” The vineyard is a labor of love, grown out from the days of his grandparents making wine in the basement. “In our family, it’s work or get out!” Cousin Tommy joked.
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The Answer to Going to the Beach—Pack Burros By mr. sneiv
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pending the day at one of the many East End beaches in the summertime is an experience that is unsurpassed. The warmth of the sun, the sand between your toes and taking a dip in the refreshing waters is a welcome respite that allows one to temporarily discard the challenges of everyday life. However, there’s one drawback. Unless you are one of the privileged, who actually live on the water or have control over the Parking Gods, there is the burden of trying to find a parking spot in close proximity to the beach and then having to schlep all your stuff with you. This process has been known to take numerous trips and can result in strained backs, and in some cases—hernia. I recently returned from a trip to Nevada, where I was working on a solution to this very issue. I know what you’re thinking—Sneiv was really there to partake in the debauchery of Sin City. Nothing could be farther from the truth. During my trip, I was exploring the options of bringing burros to the East End. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a dilemma as it relates to the wild burro population, which, like the deer in our area, has been escalating out of control. The BLM, which oversees the burros, has run out of options when it comes to these durable beasts. The best they can do is round up a certain number of them and then contain them in small holding pens for the rest of their lives. Sure, a few will get adopted here and there, but the majority will live out their lives in
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confinement and without real purpose. Why do I want to relocate burros to the East End? We all know how difficult it can be to carry those items necessary to make an afternoon at the beach as enjoyable as possible. Towels, change of clothes, cooler with refreshments, snacks, etc. are all necessary items. Lawn chairs and umbrellas are a must. Of course, a flotation device can also add to the fun and merriment. Some will want to bring snorkel, mask and fins as they explore underwater life. How about a couple of books and a radio or an iPod? Many will even want to take along their iPad or laptops as well. The list goes on and on. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a friendly burro available car-side to carry all your beach items to the beach? “Beach Burros” will be an East End full service transport company that will eliminate the need for carrying your burden to the beach. Have a broken leg or an elderly relative who uses a walker? There’s no need to avoid the beach, as our burros are equipped for human transport as well. With Beach Burros, for a fee of just $20 per load, you can bring all the items you want, because our burros are rated to carry up to 200 pounds each. Best of all, our burros are already accustomed to walking on sand so they can carry the load directly to the drop site. When you are ready to depart, just give our dispatcher a call and we’ll return to carry your belongings back to the car.
But Beach Burros is more than just me spreading my entrepreneurial wings in search of financial gain. The intrinsic value of the business is that we will have given purpose to and saved the lives of many burros. At the same time we will have saved the government money, as they will have fewer burros to protect and provide for. And let’s not overlook the fact that we will have solved a huge problem for East End beach goers. Technically, these animals are protected federal government property, so I believe the various town boards have no jurisdiction over them and thus can’t regulate their use. And there should be no immigration concern because, even though “burro” is the Spanish word for donkey, these burros are 100% U.S. born and raised. I figure, given the number of area beaches, that I’ll be able to support the use of 20 to 30 burros. During the off season, the burros will be available to participate in live nativity scenes and even make trips to and from the grocery store, when the roads are too dangerous to drive. For locals, I’m even considering free burro rides for those drunk patrons who may find themselves in a position where they should not be driving home from a local establishment. How can you rent a beach burro you ask? I hope to have the business launched by the end of July. Look for upcoming ads in Dan’s. And remember our slogan—“We work our asses off—so you don’t have to.” Hope to see you at the beach!
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Although Dios knew sewing was her passion, as a mother and wife in her 20s, she took a higher-paying job. Dios grew up in Connecticut but would come to the East End often to visit her grandparents. Her family had a cottage in North Sea and she would enjoy spending her summers working in the Hamptons. Dios worked as a waitress and even had her own housecleaning business. She also had the opportunity to work with Carol Sherman who served as a mentor. “She (Carol Sherman) was on Jobs Lane. She had a little store where she made sundresses, so in my college years, I worked for her,” Dios recalls. Sherman taught her all about buying fabric and production. Dios remembers meeting Sherman whom she refers to as “her adopted mother. One day I just walked into her store and asked her if she needed help. We talked a bit and when she realized that I loved to sew and had some of my samples in my car she hired me to work evenings. The evenings became her best sales times. I guess I’m a pretty good saleswoman!” Although Dios knew sewing was her passion, she took a higher-paying job as a mother and wife while in her 20s. “I have been a financial advisor since 1985. I was 27 when I started but I always wanted to do something with fashion. But I had to be realistic raising children and saving for their college education,” said Dios. She studied business and economics with a minor in philosophy and sociology at Albertus Magnus College. Dios then went on to become a certified financial planner, a role that she still has at a major firm. When she received a retention bonus from her current company, Dios was thrilled but still felt that something was missing in her life. “I reached a turning point at age 51. My mom had died right at 60 and my dad even younger, at age 47, so I always had in my mind that I had better do what I wanted to, because you never know.” In 2010 Dios decided to buy a building and start to fulfill her dream of having her own tailor shop with a workroom where she could make her designs and also showcase other people’s work. STITCH is now in its 4th year in Southampton with three fulltime seamstresses. If you stop by STITCH, you will see items from several designers and brands such as Anya Ponorovskya, Tanx Lab, Bernie of New York and Biba NY. Also adorning the walls are paintings by Steve Miller and Rose’s sister Anne Siefert. There’s also a section that displays clothing made from fabric painted by her brother, Peter Siefert. Siefert can paint a stained or boring Gennaio 2011 garment and make it into18an art piece. This summer Dios plans to have girl’s night on Thursdays with make-up artist Trish McEvoy. STITCH is definitely a fun place to stop by for alterations on anything new or old or to get a design custom made just for you with the fabric you and your body love because, as Dios says, “No ‘body’ is perfect!”
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Murders (Continued from page 42) investigation into Radin’s practices when he learned that less than a third of the money went to one of these charities. At about the same time, Roy Radin, now a 28-year-old millionaire, bought what was then the largest mansion in the Hamptons, a huge 72-room oceanfront mansion he named “Ocean Castle.” He moved in there with his personal staff, with the business people, with his wife Loretta and with his mother, and they worked by day and partied all night. Radin became a familiar figure around Southampton during this time. A heavyset man of nearly 300 pounds, he walked Jobs Lane with a huge black cape and a silver-tipped cane. His parties were legendary. They involved drugs,
sex and, as it later turned out, video tape and whips and chains. On April 13, 1980, a Playboy playmate and television actress named Melonie Haller, who starred in the TV show Welcome Back, Kotter (as one of the show’s Sweathogs), was found early in the morning, delirious, disheveled and bleeding on a Long Island Railroad train heading for New York City from Southampton. She was taken to a hospital, where police came to interview her. She soon told the tale of what had brought her to this state, a tale that included rape and abuse. The police, who many at the time said knew all about Radin’s parties, now moved in and made arrests. Radin’s mother said she knew nothing about
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anything. Radin was divorced by this time but living there with a girlfriend, Toni Fillet. Radin married Fillet later that year. One year later, a New Jersey businessman pled guilty to having assaulted Melonie Haller, but not sexually, at the house and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. As for Radin, he was acquitted of rape charges, but was convicted of possessing a handgun and fined $1,000. Toni Fillet was fined $50 on a misdemeanor charge of “harassment.” By many accounts, Radin lost interest in the “Tribute to Vaudeville” shows he was running. They continued on anyway, but now in a less enthusiastic way. Radin had a new interest, however. It was filmmaking. Now he wanted to produce movies and TV shows and be rubbing shoulders with the new movie stars. He knew almost nothing about the filmmaking business, however, though he did become the agent for Demond Wilson, who starred as the son in the TV show Sanford and Son. So then, in 1983, at the age of 33, he went out to Hollywood to become a producer for a new movie going into production called The Cotton Club, about the famous Harlem nightclub. High hopes surrounded this upcoming film. It would star Gregory Hines. Bob Evans would produce it. Frances Ford Coppola would direct it. They were looking for funding. Radin had an introduction to Evans. It was a reputed drug dealer he knew, a woman named Karen DeLayne “Laynie” Greenberger who was also a friend of Evans’. In the days that followed, Evans and Radin verbally agreed that with Radin’s money, they would be the film’s stakeholders. Greenberger had expected to get a large share, but now felt Radin had doublecrossed her. They argued. There was big money to be made with The Cotton Club. On the afternoon of May 13, 1983, Radin dressed for dinner in his Hollywood hotel. He would be eating alone with Greenberger at La Scala and they would make amends. The dinner would never come to be, however. Greenberger met Radin at his hotel, where they discussed their differences over the film. After arriving at the restaurant in a limousine, Radin was met by three men with guns, killers hired by Greenberger, who drove Radin up a dirt road to a remote canyon near Gorman, shot him several times in the head, and rolled his body down a hill into some greasewood bushes. One of the gunmen then went down to the body and lit a stick of dynamite by the head. If his body were found, he was not supposed to be able to be recognized. At first, Radin was listed as a missing person. His mother offered $1,000,000 for his safe return or, if he had been killed, which they feared, $100,000 for the arrest and conviction of his killer. One month later, the remains of Radin’s body were found by a beekeeper and a ranger who were out in a Ford pickup by a canyon on a dirt road near Gorman, California looking for a place in the desert to store the beekeeper’s 120 beehives. The body, much decomposed, was still wearing Radin’s dinner jacket. Two of the three hired killers were convicted of first-degree murder and given life sentences, the third hired killer was convicted of second degree murder, as was the drug dealer, Laynie Greenberger. She also received a life sentence without the (Continued on page 58)
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E. L. Doctorow, Pia Lindstrom and Others By dan Rattiner
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he Dan’s Papers $6,000 Literary Prize for Non Fiction contest is racing towards its conclusion. Entrants write short pieces between 600 and 1,500 words that reference eastern Long Island in a meaningful way. They enter them at the DansPapers.com website. The final deadline for entries is approaching. The last day we will accept entries is July 31 at midnight. Three prizes will be awarded: two $500 prizes for runners-up, and one $5,000 prize for the First Prize winner. If you are intending to enter, you’ve got just two weeks to do so! Go to literaryprize.danspapers.com. The award ceremony is going to be an elaborate affair at the John Drew Theater on Monday night August 26 at 8 p.m. Last year, the first year of the competition, the theater was filled to standing room only. If you would like to attend, get there early.
The winning entry of the competition will be read to the audience at the end of the night by Emmy Award winner Pia Lindström. The keynote speaker for the event this year will be E. L. Doctorow, the author of several major works of American literature, including Billy Bathgate, Loon Lake, World’s Fair and
Ragtime. Among the honors he has received have been the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pen/Saul Bellow Award and the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. We are proud to have him as our speaker for this year. The winning entry of the competition will be read to the audience at the end of the night by Pia Lindström, the winner of two Emmy Awards, one for on-screen performance and the other for news coverage. She’s a well known news correspondent who for nearly 20 years was the theatre and arts critic for NBC News, and we are happy to have her on our stage. Today, she has a show on Sirius/XM radio. Also in attendance will be the Executive Chairman of our event, Bob Caro, who has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson. The rules and regulations, and a place to submit your entry will be found at literaryprize. danspapers.com. We are asking for memories, histories, biographies, memoirs, events, opinions, humor and reminiscences. At the end of the summer, we hope to have put together two online eBooks. One will be of all the entries in the contest, and will be called Dan’s Hamptons Reviews, and the second will
be of reminiscences and memories about the Hamptons, which will be called Dan’s Hamptons Memories. Some entrants will find their work in both volumes. Finally, on an ongoing basis, some of the entries will be showcased in one of the weekly issues of Dan’s Papers in the upcoming year. Major funding is provided by Barnes & Noble. Sponsors of the Dan’s Papers $6,000 Literary Prize for Nonfiction are the Hampton Jitney, the Southampton Inn, the Bridgehampton National Bank, BK Builders, Southampton Audi, BMW, Mini and Porsche, and Destination America cable channel and we are very grateful for their support. Our judges are Barnes & Noble Chairman Leonard Riggio, book publisher Marty Shepard, book critic Joan Baum, advertising executive Jim Marquardt, author Christopher Knopf, radio personality Bonnie Grice and visiting professor at Stony Brook Southampton College Andrew Botsford. We are also grateful for the advice provided by Tony Walton in stage set design, to English Country Antiques and to Marder’s Landscaping for set dressing and to the staff and crew of Dan’s Papers, Barnes & Noble and the John Drew Theater for all they do.
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Murders (Continued from page 56) possibility of parole. The film The Cotton Club was completed, came out nationwide and bombed. (A footnote: In 1984, I visited “Ocean Castle.” It had been rented to another larger-thanlife millionaire named Barry Trupin. My wife and I had lunch with the Trupins there. They had purchased the old DuPont mansion, five mansions down the road, and were converting it into a French castle to be called “Dragon’s Head” and were renting in this home down the way—they had no idea it was Radin’s home— while supervising what might be two years of construction. There is a huge story to be told about “Dragon’s Head” and its subsequent ownership by Calvin Klein, but since murder HDS_DansGala_6.187x9.125_c2.pdf 1 no 7/2/13 5:41 was ever committed there, there is no place in
this story for it). TED AMMON Ted Ammon was a prominent investment banker who for many years worked for the Wall Street firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. He had a penthouse apartment in Manhattan and a large 100-year old mansion on Middle Lane in East Hampton where he and his wife Generosa and their two adopted twin children spent their summers. Ammon was 52 when the murder took place. He was quite handsome, well respected and worth about $90 million, which became well known because Generosa at that time was suing him for divorce. He was also PMon the board of the Municipal Art Society and was chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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Generosa would not accept living in Ammon’s apartment in Manhattan while the divorce battle was underway. Instead, she purchased a $9 million town house and hired a young, handsome, Manorville electrician named Danny Pelosi to oversee its renovation. He soon fell into a relationship with Generosa. They stayed, with the twins, in Manhattan’s posh Stanhope Hotel and they often came out to the summer mansion together with the children. It was a nasty divorce. In the city, Ted Ammon believed many encounters he had with his children were videotaped by surveillance cameras. He also had his own surveillance cameras set up in a neighbor’s yard to spy on Danny and Generosa at the house on Middle Lane. What he didn’t know was that all the surveillance monitoring systems had been installed and were being monitored from Pelosi’s sister’s home in Center Moriches. On the night of October 21, 2001, Ted Ammon came home from having a nice evening in the Hamptons, locked the doors, set the alarm, went upstairs and went to sleep. Based on case evidence, the prosecution alleged that sometime during the night, Danny Pelosi arrived and, from the outside, very quietly disarmed the alarm system. He then went in and up to the bedroom and killed Ted Ammon in his bed with a “blunt object,” which was never found. He then went to the attic storeroom where the surveillance system computer was kept, removed the hard drive, and left the house. On Monday the 22nd, East Hampton Village police came to the Middle Lane house after being called there by one of Ammon’s colleagues, Mark Angelson. Ammon had not shown up at work that morning, and after Angelson was unable to reach him at his East Hampton home, he flew out on a corporate helicopter to try to locate him. A high-profile police investigation followed, but time dragged on and no arrest was made. Danny Pelosi was tried in (Continued on page 60)
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hat happens to a dream deferred? Some dry up, it is said, like a raisin in the sun. Others wait a year for another crack at it. Such it is with the dream of winning the biggest sailing prize on the East End. And in a few short weeks, boats from yacht clubs across Long Island will unfurl their sails with visions of taking the trophy (and the grand prize, but more on that later) in the second annual Antigua & Barbuda Hamptons Challenge—a sailing regatta borne of a blend of competition and Caribbean culture— in Sag Harbor on August 17. “Last year’s event was such a success, we had 25 boats and it was a great time, so our expectations are higher this year,” says Antigua-Barbuda Tourism Minister John Maginley, filled with excitement about merging the sailing passion of the East End with the rich maritime tradition of his Caribbean home. “We are looking forward to expanding on that—in the race, but also in becoming even more a part of the Hamptons community and contributing in a variety of ways.” The goal of the first Antigua & Barbuda Hamptons Challenge was to build for the future: in the sailing community, on the tourism front (“Hamptons in the summertime, Antigua the rest of the year” has been one of Maginley’s favorite mantras) and with the community at large here on the East End. Continuing that tradition, regatta organizers are particularly focused on the event’s support of two local
charitable organizations—the Breakwater Yacht Club’s Junior Sailing Program and the I-tri Transformation Through Triathlon. With iTri, the philosophy is rooted in teaching sixth, seventh and eighth grade girls skills in setting goals and working to achieve them, in athletic arenas and in all aspects of life. Sailing, Maginley believes from having seen its benefits from the time he was a youth in the Caribbean, offers much more than a nice day out on the water. It’s the work and dedication it takes to learn a skill, to find a balance and harmony between oneself and nature, and to learn how to handle unpredictable situations. There are many luxurious sailboats cutting through out local waters, the kinds that turn heads and inspire audible oohs and aahs. But you don’t need to own one to enter the race. The Antigua & Barbuda Hamptons Challenge is open to monohull sailboats no less than 22 feet LOA (length overall) and a PHRF of 200 or less. For those who don’t speak sailingese, that’s Performance Handicap Racing Fleet, a handicapping system that allows boats of different classes to compete against one another—in this case, for bragging rights and glory, but also something much larger, a prize you won’t find anywhere around here. As with last year’s winner, Jim Ryan— vice commodore of the Peconic Bay Sailing Association and one of the key race organizers from the start—the skipper of the winning boat and six crew members this year will be sent to compete in Antigua Sailing Week 2014,
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Murders (Continued from page 58) the court of public opinion, but for more than two years, he remained free, and even moved for a few months with Generosa and the kids to Ammon’s castle, called “Coverwood” in the English countryside. Also during this time, Pelosi got a divorce from his wife, and married Generosa. Since Generosa’s husband had predeceased her and never had got around to writing her out of his will, she would get the bulk of his entire estate. And then Generosa was diagnosed with cancer and it was found she did not have long to live. She then wrote her new husband out of her will, although she did leave him $2 million for legal expenses. She died in 2003. And arrests in this case had still not been made. Also during this time as Danny Pelosi remained
free, he was detained by the police for parole violations and at least one DWI arrest where when the police pulled him over, his passenger, a friend, jumped into the driver’s seat to tell the police it had been he who had been behind the wheel. The police weren’t buying it. In March of 2004, police finally arrested Danny Pelosi and charged him with the murder of Ted Ammon. They never found the missing hard drive of the surveillance system. But they knew Pelosi had installed it and they knew Ammon’s wife, in the middle of a divorce, was now living with this man. They felt they had an air-tight case. At the trial, Pelosi pleaded innocent. He was defended by one of this country’s best criminal lawyers, Gerald L. Shargel. But it was no use.
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Pelosi’s father testified that on the day after the murder his son had called him to ask a “what if” question. If he had something he wanted to dispose of that should never be seen again, what would he do with it. The father said he did not answer the question. In the end, Pelosi insisted he would testify to set the record straight. He wanted to tell his story directly to the jury and his lawyer could not talk him out of it. What he told them was that it was Generosa—now dead—who had paid to have her husband killed. She was in a rage because he had a girlfriend. She felt there was much more money to be split up than her husband was letting on, and that her soon to be ex-husband was lying to her. She’d find out soon. She didn’t, and neither did he. Danny Pelosi was convicted of murder and is today serving a 25 years-to-life prison sentence. As for Generosa’s two children, they were given by a judge into the care of their longtime nanny, Kathryn Mayne, and they eventually moved to Alabama to live with Ted’s sister. Last year, the twins released the documentary 59 Middle Lane about their experience. Interestingly, East Hampton owes a part of its village green to the Ammons. At the time of Ammon’s death, he and his wife were hoping to sell a piece of property directly across from the East Hampton post office that was adjacent to the public land upon which sits the village windmill “Hook Mill.” On Ammon’s property was a big building that had been a car dealership. They thought it could be a lucrative retail property. After Ammon’s death, the Village was able to buy this property relatively cheaply. They tore down the car dealership building. Today it is all open land, well mowed, and a new extension to the old village green available for use by the public. In 2012, I got an email from a college student studying journalism at SUNY Westbury. She had gone to visit and interview Daniel Pelosi. She had written up the interview and wanted me to read it and tell her what I thought of it. In the interview, Pelosi promised this student that if she were to return to see him again he would give her information leading to the real killer of Ted Ammon. I told her she wrote well. She had a good future in journalism. A month later, she wrote again to say she had returned for a second interview, but Pelosi had refused to see her. Apparently there was no new information.
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Event Coming Up to Honor Wounded Warrior Effort Purple Heart Medal and Combat Action Ribbon, as well as the n Saturday, July 20, the Wounded Warrior Iraqi Campaign Medal, Iraqi Project will come to the Hamptons to Service Medal, Good Conduct honor the life and heroism of United States Medal, National Defense Medal, Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jordan Christian Sea Service Deployment Ribbon Haerter, who was killed in action at the age of 19 and Navy Cross. His death in in Ramadi, Iraq. The Wounded Warrior Project 2008 was a great tragedy, but will sponsor Soldier Ride The Hamptons, in his legacy lives on, thanks which wounded soldiers (“Wounded Warriors”) to his family and a tight-knit participate in a cycling event and 5K Walk in both community dedicated to keeping Amagansett and Sag Harbor. Corporal Haerter, his memory and selfless final act a Sag Harbor resident, died in 2008 along with of heroism alive. another Corporal, 21-year-old Jonathan T. Yale, Two nonprofit organizations have formed in as they stopped a truck bomber from reaching Corporal Haerter’s name, both run by members the post they were protecting, saving 33 Marines of his family. Jordan’s Initiative aims to help and 21 Iraqi police inside the post’s compound. current members of the military, as well as The Wounded Warrior Project, formed in veterans, who are in need of assistance in various 2002, is a nonprofit organization that aims ways. Jordan’s Honor, Ltd., is a scholarship to raise awareness and public program run by Corporal Haerter’s participation in the needs of injured mother, JoAnn Lyles. “This year, one servicemen and women. Its motto, of the recipients sent a wonderful “The greatest casualty is being thank you note saying Jordan’s forgotten,” is especially potent in heroism made her want to help the case of Corporal Haerter, who others and influenced her choice to was born in Southampton and pursue criminal justice,” said Lyles. raised in Sag Harbor. A graduate of In Jordan’s Honor is sponsoring the Stella Maris Pre-School, Sag Harbor Soldier Ride and Walk, and both Elementary School and Pierson organizations host several events High School Class of 2006, Corporal throughout the year. “The naming of Haerter became a member of the 1st the ride, in honor of Jordan, was an Battalion, 9th Marines, also known extra special gift,” says Lyles. “I’m as “The Walking Dead.” Corporal humbled and proud to learn so many Haerter was posthumously given the Corporal Jordan Haerter more people now know his heroism, By lee meyer
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because of Soldier Ride. I’m glad that the awareness of Jordan draws more people to join Soldier Ride. The 5K walks were added to help more people participate.” It’s impossible to fathom the death of such a young man, even one who died so valiantly, but Soldier Ride and 5K Walk will not be a somber day. The walk will take participants over the Lance Corporal Jordan Haerter Veteran’s Memorial Bridge, with live music in Sag Harbor by the Keyboard Charles Notturno Band. There will be a barbecue for participants and T-shirts and other items for sale. All donations for the event will go to the scholarship fund and to fund support events benefiting troops and Veterans. “You’ll find veterans, American Legion, VFW, military families, athletes, bike enthusiasts, Fire Departments, Police groups, civic groups, clubs, scouts and patriots, some as active participants, some there as spectators and support,” Lyles says. We hope to see you there! The Wounded Warrior event will be July 20 in Sag Harbor and Amagansett. For more information on Soldier Ride The Hamptons, go to woundedwarriorproject.com. For more on In Jordan’s Honor, go to injordanshonor. com, and for more on Jordan’s Initiative visit jordansinitiative.com.
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dam and Beth Halsey, owners of Halsey Farm & Nursery on Deerfield Road in Water Mill, the 12th generation of Halsey farmers on the East End since 1747, know very well that in the Hamptons, people have the opportunity to choose their farm stand, just like they have the opportunity to choose their restaurants. You have to have a strength, theirs being the one-stop-shop for all local farmfresh vegetables. And we mean all! Chefs and caterers come to the Halseys because of how they have put their farm together, going way beyond the basics. They grow 22 varieties of lettuce, eight varieties of sweet corn, seven of potatoes, four kinds of beets, three kinds of radishes, exotic greens like tatsoi and exotic herbs like epazote and papalo. So even if you never met the Halseys, chances are you are eating their produce at any fine restaurant or catering event in the Hamptons. Another strength is in the way the Halseys’ produce is picked fresh, on demand. They don’t harvest a huge Adam Halsey with his crops amount of produce and store it in a cooler; instead they work all day Sweet corn is planted every seven to ten long, constantly picking. “Sweet corn, when it’s in season, is picked days. When the last corn crop is an inch tall, in the morning and it’s picked again as soon they plant the next, which makes generally
sixteen crops a season. Peas are planted every two weeks. Radishes are planted every four days, about 40 plantings of radishes. That’s because they come in and go by so fast from that ideal size. Another strength is Halsey’s attention to size. “We try to have the freshest things picked as close to when you are going to eat them,” says Halsey, “and we are constantly moving from one crop to the next crop in order to guarantee that we’re picking the optimum size. All vegetables taste better at a certain size. Zucchini gets very seedy when it gets to be too big. Potatoes, like the red potatoes, are discarded if they get too big.” When a crop is finished, the Halseys mow it, disk it up, which means chop up the green matter of the crop, and work it back into the soil. When an area is done for the year, they immediately plant a cover crop on that ground, which is more green matter that will grow there for the rest of the season, and be there until next spring, when they turn it back into the soil. The goal is to keep something on the land all the time. “We don’t use herbicides; instead we cultivate and we keep the soil moving,” explains Halsey. Halsey started on the family farm at age four. Gradually, he did a little (Continued on page 64) J. Julianelli
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John Jermain Memorial Library Coming Back Strong! By lee meyer
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been very supportive of the public library system and has also assisted JJML with various practical issues, like land permits, water and health department regulations. Each year, New York State allots $14 million in grants to public libraries. Over the past three years, Thiele has secured JJML over $500,000: in 2012, the library received $157,023, and $149,500 in 2011. Thiele is confident that JJML will continue to grow and thrive, restoring the library to its former beauty and glory. For more information on the John Jermain Memorial Library, visit johnjermain.org or call 631-725-0049. The library is temporarily located at 34 West Water Street in Sag Harbor.
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ack in May I had the pleasure of speaking with Catherine Creedon, the Director of Sag Harbor’s John Jermain Memorial Library (JJML), about the ongoing renovations and developments at the historic landmark. At that time, Creedon was enthusiastic and hopeful about the gargantuan project, grateful to the community for their love and support. The gorgeous dome has since been completed, along with the renovated exterior, and the project continues on, with new reading rooms being implemented with modern technology to revolutionize the library. Now, two months later, Creedon is more excited than ever, with the library having overcome major renovation hurdles and the restoration beginning to move at a faster pace. JJML is also one of four East End libraries (along with East Hampton Library, Shelter Island Public Library and Mastic-Moriches-Shirley Community Library) to be awarded a $227,041 New York State Public Library Construction Grant by New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr., to go toward the library’s development. This marks the third grant the library has received from New York State for the restoration project, and Creedon couldn’t be more grateful.
the public library system. In a press release regarding public library grants, Thiele stated, “With libraries now experiencing remarkable increases in use, and with budget cuts creating significant hardship, I am thrilled that so many of my constituents will benefit from increased resources made possible through these funds.” Thiele has a lot of faith in both the library and Creedon. “For years, it was obvious the library needed to expand through their building. It was controversial; should they expand on-site? Should they move to the park? It had become a divisive issue in the community and Cathy was able to come in, build support, get a referendum and get it started.” Thiele, who is based in Bridgehampton, has
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“It’s going great,” Creedon says. “We had a $10 million referendum that was passed in support of the library. At that time, the library agreed to raise $2 million. We have actually raised $2.5 million as of this grant. But, as it turns out, we still need about $1 million to complete the renovation as we envision it.” That vision is to make JJML the center of the Sag Harbor community, with several initiatives and additions for citizens of all ages. With the exterior restorations complete, the focus has moved to renovating the interior of the library, which was founded in 1910. “I’m so looking forward to seeing the first piece of limestone go up,” Creedon says, “It’s gorgeous.” Creedon expects the limestone to be installed this fall. “The grants do two things. They obviously help us pay for these projects, but they also remind us of the importance of these libraries,” Creedon notes. “What the grant represents is very inspiring.” Assemblyman Thiele is a great proponent of the continued development and growth of
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Acres (Continued from page 62) successful operation for them. In early spring, the Halseys’ greenhouses are stocked with perennials, annuals and vegetable plants. The retail store is open from April 1 through late June. The farm stand, which is open from the end of June to Thanksgiving and is self-service for a month after that, not only carries the field grown vegetables from the surrounding eighty-two acres, but also California privet hedge (more than one size, of course), local fruits and preserves and fresh cut flowers. Flowers in the greenhouse are grown from seeds, and are patent-protected varieties. “The reason for growing flowers is that when my father was a potato farmer, my mother wanted some flowers for around the house. He went to buy them and thought they were a lot of money,” explains Halsey. “So he decided to build a small greenhouse. That’s how the greenhouse business started. He was a potato farmer with his father into the ’80s. When my grandfather died, my uncle (John Halsey, of the apple-peach-pumpkin-farm and The Milk Pail) and my father farmed together for a little while, and then they both went their own way, my uncle to the apples, my father to the greenhouses. My father wanted something to keep his good employees busy year-round, so he started planting some vegetables.” By the way, mom and dad, Dot and Tom are still involved in the operation. “It started very slowly, and we were very small. Farming is different today than from my father’s generation, even though my father was always one who wanted to have the latest technology for the greenhouse business, and as he started the vegetable business, he purchased new machinery. Later, I purchased another round of machinery. For instance, our corn planter is new and spaces the corn better. The transplanters are newer technology that reduces transplant shock, compared to the old machines. We use the industry standard that fits into our operation such as a onetime plastic mulch (raised plastic beds of food grade-approved plastic) to grow our crops on. It allows us to plant into an ideal environment for the plant, isolates the plant from weed composition, and allows us to feed the plant, not the weeds. We irrigate with drip irrigation that’s laid underneath the beds, so we’re feeding the water right to the plant.” Halsey enjoys being local. He doesn’t want to go bigger, sell nationally, and ship out of the local region. “People want to know their farmers,” says Halsey. “They want to know where the food comes from. People see us in the field and they are happy to get their produce close to home.” Flying over the 82 acres is exhilarating, in even a small vehicle, seeing the rows of plants, one bigger than the one behind it, gives you a sense of time in nature. What kind of farming is it? Halsey sums it up: “I hate the term “traditional” farm, or “conventional” farm, because nothing that we do is traditional or conventional. We are a sustainable farm. We are very passionate about protecting our soil. Farmers are the best environmentalists out there, because the environment is our livelihood. The soil is what we make our living off of, so we want to be as nice to it as we possibly can.” J. Julianelli
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Stanford White Talk at Whitefield ByJoan baum
ast End links to Stanford White include not only his architectural heritage in the Hamptons and on the North Fork, stunningly elegant private homes and clubs (including the club house at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club), but also literature. Sag Harbor resident E.L. Doctorow put Stanford White in his awardwinning 1975 novel, Ragtime, telling the story of White’s former young lover, Evelyn Nesbit, whose jealous husband, Harry Thaw, strode up to 53-year-old White at the Madison Square Garden theatre on June 25, 1906, just as the onstage chorus was singing “I Could Love a Million Girls.” He shot White point blank in the face. The ensuing “Trial of the Century,” as it was called, overshadowed White’s accomplishments for a while as America’s premier architect. But because of the magnificent residential and commercial properties he had designed for McKim, Mead and White, his brilliant and influential reputation overcame the sordid affair. The Great White Way continues to impress, for good reason, as Stanford White’s great-great-grandson, Samuel G. White, FAIA and author, will explain in an upcoming sureto-be SRO talk and reception: “The Architect as Client: Stanford White at ‘Box Hill.’” The speaker is a principal in Platt, Byard, Dovell, White architects. That’s Box Hill, as in Stanford White’s beautiful colonial revival style “cottage” in St. James on the North Shore, which was
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White’s home and still is in the White family. The estate, where White and his wife Bessie Smith (as in Smithtown) entertained, became an evolving model (1884-1906), a farmhouse White transformed into one of the finest manor houses around, its formal gardens as admired as the house itself with oval carriage walks and turns, porches and terrace and pergola.
Although White was known as “the architect of choice among the grandees of the Gilded Age,” as Executive Director of the Southampton Historical Museum & Research Center Tom Edmonds says, the additional attraction of Box Hill is that it was where White lived, and thus he was his own client. The August 15 event, to (Continued on page 68)
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Art Southampton Opens Next Weekend works by their renowned alumni, curated by Close Up, Bob Colacello; renowned filmmaker one of our country’s foremost artists, Eric and director of Andy Warhol Lana Jokel; Factory rt Southampton finishes the season of major Fischl,” Art Southampton Show Director superstar Ultra Violet and Christina Strassfield, Hamptons art fairs next week with more Nick Korniloff said. chief curator at Guild Hall. Earlier on Saturday, Raphael Mazzucco is than 85 galleries and thousands of attendees, all The Art Hamptons pavilion will offer a unique signing copies of his book Raphael Mazzucco ambiance and design, whether visitors attend gathered for the love of art. The five-day event maintains a strong focus Collected Art starting at the Rosenbaum the special schedule of events or simply enjoy on contemporary, 20th and 21st century work, Contemporary Booth. the plentitude of exhibiting galleries. East Hampton’s Gallery Valentine is also which will be spread out in the 100,000-squarefoot pavilion. The space will feature a VIP lounge presenting a special exhibit featuring the work Visit art-southampton.com for a full and curated projects, both inside and outdoors, of late Pop Art king Andy Warhol. A VIP cocktail list of galleries and artists as well as ticket on the property behind the Southampton party and panel discussion will coincide with information. Art Southampton, 605 County Road the show from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 39 in Southampton, is open 12–7 p.m. Friday, July Elks Lodge. An opening VIP preview will benefit the 26. Drop by and hear Warhol experts share their 26 to Sunday, July 28 and 12-5 p.m. on Monday, Southampton Hospital on Thursday, July 25. knowledge, including former Interview magazine July 29. Day passes are $15 and multi-day Dan's Full Details Bleed:CC Dans full 10/1/12 1:46 PM Page 1 The kick-off event will allow participants to get editor and author of Holy Terror: Andy Warhol passes are $30. Dan's Full Details Bleed:CC Dans full 10/1/12 1:46 PM Page 1 first dibs on the most coveted works, as well as time to socialize and network with like-minded guests. Art Southampton’s luxury sponsor House of GRAFF, which is known for carrying “the most fabulous jewels in the world,” will present a brilliant display of elegant jewels and stones during the preview. Photographer Jerry Schatzberg will also be on-site during Thursday’s preview signing his Custom Woodwork, Individually Hand Crafted On Long Island books: Fashion 1950s and Paris 1962. By JORDAN RIVERS
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White (Continued from page 66) benefit the Southampton Historical Museum & Research Center, will take place at Whitefield, 155 Hill Street, Southampton. Whitefield, which White turned from a farmhouse into a opulent summer retreat for his good friend and fellow bon vivant James Breese, was originally called “The Orchard” by Breese. It had 35 large rooms and sat on 30 acres that included a 144 foot colonnaded garden pergola. In 1916, Country Life Magazine named The Orchard “the number one country house in America.” The Italianate ceiling of its storied Music Room, where Samuel White will speak, was hand painted by White and reportedly was his last work. He was above all an architect, but also a superb artist and craftsman, interior designer and decorator.
It’s a good time to celebrate the history of architecture, a growing interest, to judge from the everpopular Sunday architectural tours. In a previous talk, “McKim, Mead &White— The Classical Ideal,” White noted that McKim, Mead and White had over 1,000 commissions, many of which would become well known; among them, in the NY area, was Low Library at Columbia University, The Morgan Library and of course, the old Penn Station (the shame of its being torn down!). No matter what differences mark White’s earlier period from
his later work, or the nature of collaboration with his partners, the firm remained committed to certain principles and values, White has said. These included “honoring the street” or whatever space a building would front on and being true to classical European styles but creatively adapting them to set new American standards, juxtaposing the old with the modern. The Southampton Colonial Revival Style, credited to White, innovatively synthesizes shingle style with neo-Greek and Roman elements, the whole set into a natural environment.
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So, why this lecture now, and in Southampton? Margaret Sullivan, of the Southampton Garden Club and trustee of the Southampton Historical Museum, “heard from a dear friend who suggested that her friend, Sam White, greatgreat-grandson of Stanford White was a terrific lecturer,” and Whitefield would be a perfect place because so many Southampton residents know about White’s work in the area, especially Shinnecock, some even double checking to see if they have any Stanford White details in their own houses. Of course, White’s talk will also promote the work of the garden club and attract prospective homebuyers who are considering having a second home in the Southampton. It’s also a good time celebrate the history of architecture, a growing interest, to judge from the ever-popular Sunday architectural tours, Ms. Sullivan reports.
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Liar’s Saloon Finding New Friends and Solace in a Montauk Bar By eileen white jahn
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stiff Atlantic gust grabbed the open door and its slamming force ushered us into the dark interior with an introductory bang. The crew at the bar surveyed us with suspicion. One inebriated fellow boomed, “Welcome!” Which may or may not have been sincere; after all, we were in the Liar’s Saloon. A couple of years ago my husband Chris and I discovered Montauk: “The End,” the last stop before Europe, the tip of the tail of fish-shaped Long Island. Its slogan is: “Montauk, a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem.” Being fond of both pastimes, I frankly don’t know how we could have overlooked it all these years. Driving around one evening, my attention was caught by the sign for the Liar’s Saloon. Chris’s eye was caught by the little sign underneath that read “Dollar Drafts.” We concluded that this was a must-stop spot. It was late August, right about the time of day when the happy hour crowd was winding down but the night owls had yet to come and roost. We snagged a couple of stools at the bar and looked around. The place was a shrine to the sea. Photos of grinning fisherman displaying prize catches beamed down from the walls. The anglers in the pictures were carefully posed so that the perspective of the shots made the fish seem enormous. Their real Eileen White Jahn lives in Rockville Centre (and Southold), with her husband and various configurations of their six mostlygrown children. She’s a Professor and Department Chair at St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue, a sleep-away Camp Director, and a frequently published essayist.
life counterparts (the people, not the fish) hunkered together at one end of the bar, their waterproof boots still slick from the day’s catch. The floor and walls were rough-hewn, wide boards, and glittery little Christmas lights framed the windows around the bar. All manner of fishing and boating gear, antique and otherwise, were mounted in improbable spots. It effortlessly achieved a décor that some cutely named “Day of the Week” make-believe chain bar could only dream of attaining (“Whaling Wednesdays” perhaps?). Authenticity is something we just don’t get enough of in our culture, but The Liar’s Saloon was the real deal. The bartender, Sue, (or maybe she just looked like someone I once knew by that name) warbled a friendly “What’ll-it-be-folks?” Chris got the dollar draft and I asked for a white wine, dreading the looks I might get for ordering something so wimpy in an establishment such as this. A completely full glass of quite serviceable Pinot Grigio arrived in exchange for an astonishingly paltry sum. I was secretly relieved to find the glass sparkling clean. One can only take so much authenticity. We contentedly settled in to engage in what anthropologists call participatory observation. There is no better place for this than the local watering hole. Basically this means we gape a while, have a few drinks, and then join in the party. We listened for a bit to tales they told and eventually, as with fisherman everywhere, the lying began. The day’s exploits, the size of the catch, the stories of the ones that got away all spun around us. As the night stretched on the stories and recollections became (Cont’d on next page)
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Guest (Continued from previous page) wilder and wilder. We heard of dolphins guiding boats through the fog, manatees speaking in tongues, and (most incredible of all) the price the Japanese will pay for tuna. I’m pretty sure the last was true, but you can never tell in the Liar’s Saloon. There was a spell binding all of us with a need to alter the truth. This struck me as okay, because the truth isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be. When the evening ended we knew we’d be back. We returned under unforeseen circumstances. My sister’s husband died that winter, devastating her and her young children. The next weekend we packed her up to get away to the Montauk Manor, a lovely old castle-like hotel featuring a cavernous lobby bejeweled with a string of glowing fireplaces.
Mr. Two Initials told great stories, each revealing yet another large or important business he held. It was the off-season and all was tranquil. We proposed a side trip to the Liar’s Saloon. “Let me get this straight”, she said incredulously, “I just buried my husband yesterday and you want to take me to a bar?” We nodded solemnly. “Okay” she agreed. The fishermen and the regulars were all there, but we paid them little attention this
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time. We comforted my sister and told her it was going to be all right. We all knew it was a lie, but hey, look where we were. The spell was working and we were trying hard to believe. It had been so relaxing that we returned the next winter. Time had yet to complete its healing, so we decided another detour to the saloon might help. That’s how we found ourselves blown into the establishment with the fellow bellowing his welcome. We hailed everyone. Most of them were pretty friendly, but I could swear I heard someone mutter, “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out”. I figured it was just a friendly word of caution, since it had done exactly that on the way in. We ordered our drinks and toasted the fishermen (who appeared already toasted) and settled in to chat with some of the other barstool occupants. It was another interesting night. There was a regular patron, a charming guy who used two initials instead of a name (J.R. or K.C. or some such). He bought a few rounds of drinks for all of us and modestly dropped the information that he owned a resort down the road. We all relaxed, and the fishermen loosened up, and one of them even apologized for the crack about the door. I’m pretty sure he meant it. Sue claimed to remember us, but I’m pretty sure she didn’t mean it. Mr. Two Initials told great stories, each revealing yet another large business or important position he held (“In my boatyard we use,” “Yes, well as the director of that particular charity I feel,” or “In my Mars Rover construction business we,” he drawled). Finally, I asked Sue “Is he for real?” She grinned and winked. “You’ll have to decide for yourself” she advised. So we sat and we laughed and we spun our yarns. It was great to see my sister lighten up, and I swear she was even flirting with K.C./J.R. at one point. It occurred to me that Sue’s advice about deciding for ourselves could also apply to life, love, and happiness. What did it matter what the facts and details were? There may be lots of great reasons to be sad, but happiness is a thing that you have to decide for yourself. I was delighted to see my sister starting to look like she would choose joy, despite the pain she had been through. The raw hard truth is a little hard to take sometimes, but the Liar’s Saloon was working its spell and we were the beneficiaries. When we left that night the drunk at the bar drawled a big “Y’all come back now, hear?” Everyone waved and, I swear, the door hit me, “SMACK!” on the way out.
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amptons resident Jill Rappaport is an award-winning reporter and correspondent for Today on NBC. Over the course of her career, she has proven to be a great advocate of animals and philanthropist, as well as a great entertainer. We caught up with her to discuss her career, her love of animals and how one very special dog changed her life forever. Rappaport is a virtual dynamo of charisma and ambition, a “star reporter” in both senses— covering celebrities for decades, and becoming a star herself on the popular NBC news program The Today Show. Now, she is turning all that star power into the greatest cause of her life, helping shelter animals find homes. Rappaport has multiple pro-animal projects going, splashiest being her Today series “Bow to Wow.” The idea for the series, where shelter dogs and cats get “makeovers,” came from an experience she had with her friend of 30 years Matt Lauer (yes, that Matt Lauer). The two personalities share not only the spotlight on the show, which Lauer co-hosts, but a personal experience that turned Rappaport’s life around. “Matt was visiting one day while I was renting a house on Lumber Lane, when lo and behold a neighbor came over with a puppy in her arms and said, ‘Does he belong to you? I know how much you love animals and always see you surrounded by your dogs, so I figured this one
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The award-winning reporter on celeb interviews and the dog that changed her life was yours, too.’ I said, ‘No, but I will try to find who he belongs to,’” Rappaport recalled. Rappaport took it into her home and called shelters, hotlines and every source she could think of. And, you guessed it, while waiting in vain for someone to claim the little german shepherd she fell in love with the dog. She named him “Jack,” and the 10-week -old pup lucked into the blissful life of a stray with an owner who is out-and-out gaga over him. Over the next 13-and-a-half years, when he wasn’t sitting by her side, he spent his days gamboling around the rental home, and later the Water Mill property she bought and turned into a horse farm. Then, sadly, he succumbed
to bone cancer five years ago. Rappaport was practically knocked out by grief. But she did what journalists do—she reported on his treatments, showing the world how a courageous animal copes with illness. She brought Jack on the air, even after he had a leg amputated, and viewers followed his story until “he went to heaven,” she said. “Jack truly changed my life. When I chronicled his miraculous journey on Today, viewers all over the world were touched by his story. He taught me the true meaning of resilience, and never let the loss of a limb get in the way of leading a wonderful happy life. It really is incredible how much animals have to teach us.” Jack went on to become a celebrity, as well as becoming the “Ambassadog of Hope for Animal Cancer,” and Rappaport wrote “a wonderful children’s book about him called Jack and Jill— The Miracle Dog With a Happy Tail to Tell.” Rappaport, who will be honored at the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation 4th Annual Unconditional Love Gala Saturday, June 20, has been on a mission to help other animals that, like Jack, can go “from cages to castles.” Jack got her to rethink her then-job as entertainment reporter on Today and to create the award-winning, popular series where shelter dogs and cats get a “makeover.” Thus began her life-saving forays up to the Animal Care and Control of NYC shelter on 110th (Continued on next page) Street. She described
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Neighbor (Cont’d from previous page) her dedication to shelter animals as “24/7. It’s my oxygen.” Makeovers meant making the dogs irresistible and well trained. And it’s not just the outand-out cuties that get a trip downtown to TV-land. “I pick dogs that are middle-aged, blind, and some on three legs, so forth. It’s a second chance for a new life. The phones are ringing off the hook, and people are fighting for these animals. We have a one-hundred percent adoption record.” Rappaport and the show don’t let it go at waving happy good-byes; they have a yearly reunion holiday segment that follows up on the adopters. A favorite photo is of a yellow labrador retriever, whose new family snapped a picture of him floating on a rubber raft in their AgeFocusMedSpaAd_Layout 1 7/15/13 4:45Hamptons PM Page 1 pool overlooking the ocean. “But it doesn’t
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put them there.” The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation came about because of rescuers and philanthropists, notably Southampton’s Susan Allen, when the Town shelter was going to be closed in 2010 because of budget cuts. “It is one of the best,” Rappaport said, “not only because the facility is so happy, clean and pleasant for both animals and human visitors, but one of their special programs emphasizes socialization. I call it ’Pooch Play.’ It allows the dogs the chance to interact and have fun, which will enable them to be wonderful pets for adoption.” She added, “Sadly, there is nothing we can do about animals ending up in shelters, but you can hope if they do end up in one, it’s one like this. I can’t say enough wonderful things about this shelter and [Board President] Jonathan McCann.” The canines, of course, aren’t the only little guys that need homes. “The cat situation is even more dire,” she noted. And, of course, animal shelters are not all about overjoyed new owners hugging their take-home prize of a new dog or cat. “At the 110th Street shelter, I witnessed first-hand the countless cages filled with animals. Being involved in this goes from horrific to heartwarming. People ask me, ‘How do you do it? I could never go there.’ I say, ‘You have to remember that it’s not about you, it’s about the animals.’” Like many dog lovers, she is an animal lover in general, and has at her farm, besides her five rescue dogs, seven horses she adores. We spoke just after she had come in from an afternoon ride. Though Rappaport lives here in Party Central, aka the Hamptons, her idea of bliss is not galahopping or trying out the latest creations of the gourmet restaurants. “My favorite thing to do is to stay in my cabin,” as she calls her 7,000 square-foot house, “sitting with my dogs and looking out at my horses.” She commutes to New York for her NBC job, but said, “I spend the majority of my time out here because I feel a huge void in my life without my animals.” As ASPCA Equine Welfare Ambassador, she emcees the Adoption Day at the Hampton Classic Horse Show. Her long list of honors and awards includes two Genesis Awards—the Oscars of the animal world—for her reporting, and a nomination for her NBC Nightly News piece, Hurricane Sandy: Protecting Our Pets. Lauer presented her with the first “Voice for the Animals Award” from the Humane Society of the United States. She has received the 2012 Pet Philanthropy Circle Humanitarian Award, and the Presidential Service Award for Media Excellence from the ASPCA in November. And the list goes on and on. “I have loved animals ever since I came out of the womb,” she said. Born in Detroit, later moving to Bloomfield Hills, “I was fortunate to grow up with dogs, cats, birds, and horses. When I was very little, I’d sit on the fence outside and pet imaginary horses.” She also loved movies. Her first job was as a film publicist for United Artists. “I was able to promote great films, like Rocky and Apocalypse Now. “ Taking the celebrities to talk shows, she realized her true vocation. “In the car rides, I would find myself talking to them, and realized that in the process, I was getting some exciting (Continued on page 78) ‘interviews.’”
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Who’s Here encouraged me to get an education,” she said. “I got my degree in English literature. In modeling, it was all about what I looked like. At Columbia, it was all about what I KNEW.” Her favorite studies were Chaucer, Milton and Shakespeare. During this time, she began writing for magazines. She was modeling about fashion and beauty. She could write about fashion. She also came out to the Hamptons, a place she had been to earlier in her career on modeling shoot, which she had never been able to forget. She recalled it very well. “I had stayed at the Maidstone Arms Hotel for that shoot, which was at a small quaint hotel. I remember running down Further Lane. I thought, this is where I want to get married and raise kids.” “That’s quite a thought,” I
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elly Killoren Bensimon was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, the daughter of well-to-do parents. Her father was a lawyer specializing in taxes and estate planning, her mom a teacher and licensed interior decorator. She went to a small private school, Keith Country Day School, where she ranked high in a class of 20 students, and where she excelled on the Rockford Marlins swimming team. Her specialty was the breast stroke. The Marlins made it to the tryouts of the Junior Olympics and she swam the relay in that competition. Growing up, she loved children and imagined herself becoming a pediatric surgeon. But then, at 15, in Seventeen Magazine, she read about a contest. Elite Models was doing a nationwide search. Send in a photograph and a bio and fill out a form. You could win a trip to New York City and a possible modeling contract. This was to change her life. “I finished second to Cindy Crawford,” she told me, “but Elite wanted both the winner and the runner up.” Her parents encouraged her and the school said she could be away for the five days necessary. There was only one problem. As a sort of teenage rebellion, she had cut her hair short on one side while leaving it long on the other. “I’d try to cover it up. I’d figure it out,” she told me. “Another thing was, I had a boyfriend at the time, but when I cut off my hair on one side, he said it was over. He wouldn’t see me anymore.” Kelly flew to New York and stayed in an apartment provided by the agency with model Stefanie Seymour. At her initial interview with Elite, they told her they would be taking her out on “go sees,” where she would be presented, with photographs, to various magazine editors at Vogue, Cosmo, Elle, Glamour and others. She wound up doing a fashion shoot for Sante D’Orazio of Italian Vogue on this trip. Then she went home. “What did your school mates think of all this?” I asked her. “They were fine. Everybody was doing different things. They weren’t interested in what I was doing. It was a super-competitive school.” Thus, at 16 began her modeling career. Soon she was sent to Ireland for a shoot. She became the Face of the fashion chain Ann Taylor. Graduating high school, and knowing the importance of education, she went off to Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut to begin the first year of what she expected would be a four-year college education. But it was an almost impossible schedule. She had all classes
Kelly Killoren Bensimon Model, Writer, Editor and TV Personality on Tuesday and Thursday. But on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, she commuted on the train back and forth from Connecticut to New York. “I’d be on the 4:20 a.m. out of Hartford,” she said. “Then in the evening I’d be leaving Manhattan on the 6:10. This was too taxing. I felt like I wasn’t doing either well. I wanted to go to school full-time, and have a college experience. But it was now or never for modeling. So with my parents’ permission I moved to Paris and then to New York, with the promise that I would return to college at a future time. I wanted to be like my idol, Hemingway, and live like an American in Paris.” Kelly was 18 years old. She lived in the 17th Arrondissement for a while, then moved to the 6th on the Left Bank. She modeled there, and enjoyed both Paris, New York and Milan, for nearly three years, then returned to Manhattan and enrolled in Columbia University. “I promised the Dean, if he’d give me a chance, I’d prove to him I could balance work and school. Columbia was the place that was going to give me the formula and tools I needed to move beyond modeling. “I was so lucky to have parents who
said. “The houses were so beautiful, there were hedges, gardens, such an understated elegance. It was unlike any other place I’d ever been. I’d run down Dunemere Road to the beach, and the trees, the elms, they just lead you down there.” On one trip to the Hamptons, when she had a house out here, she came upon a maple tree that had fallen, and she had its trunk cut, shellacked and made into the top of a coffee table with a glass top. She also began to study the history of this community—its natives, farmers, artist and writers, visitors. At the age of 27, she married Gilles Bensimon, the International Creative Director of Elle magazine. She built a home on Further Lane in East Hampton, and was out here four days a week, in the city three. The marriage lasted 10 years. She has two children; Sea, now 15, and Teddy, now 13. A highlight of her life at this time was to be asked to give the commencement address at her high school in Illinois, and to speak to her Columbia University class about the Bikini Book she had published with Assouline. In 2003, Kelly wrote a beautiful coffee table sized book called In the Spirit of the Hamptons. She had always loved photography, and has taken some pictures herself. “There were incredible images in this book,” she told me. “I compiled images of Teddy Roosevelt at Montauk, Jackson Pollock, Franz Klein and all the German artists, art dealer Peggy Guggenheim. I learned about how the artists maintained their hierarchy. I call it ‘the towel hierarchy,’ for they had developed this for themselves on the beach. I also added photos of gondolas in Hook pond and beautiful scenes of the dunes and the sea, the fishing boats, the people.” This was all pre-Google, so it was challenging but exciting to compile all these diverse stories and (Cont’d on next page) photos.
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Who (Continued from previous page) In the Spirit of the Hamptons, 10 years on, has been republished by Assouline and updated, with 90 new images and new text. This book has had sensational reviews. Kelly also wrote a second beautiful book called American Style, about fashion, architecture and design from the turn of the century (the 20th), until now. More recently she wrote The Bikini Book and I Can Make You Hot! She was asked to appear on the Real Housewives of New York for Bravo after the success ofher own show for Plum TV, Behind the Hedges, which was based on her column she had in Page Six magazine called the “Socializer.” “I was approached about co-hosting a fashion show with Tim Gunn, but the Bravo executives asked me to join Real Housewives of New York. It was only supposed to be for one season. But I was on for three seasons.” Kelly seems to have mixed feelings about being on the Real Housewives of New York. One of the first filmed scenes resulted in having an altercation with another wife, Ramona Singer. “I had taken her to the very special Richard Meier model museum, and she tried to ruin the scene. I was so embarrassed when we were filming, but she made a scene, and it aired.” But Kelly stuck with it. “I’m from the mindset where you explore, celebrate and respect people, concepts, and things. But they saw me as the ‘Socialite/Supermodel’ and eventually, I guess because they needed a snobby socialite they wanted it to be me. I’m not a socialite;
I’ve always worked all my life, but I’ll take supermodel. That’s a compliment.” Her third year on the show completed, she retired. This past year, she sold the house she built on Further Lane. She now lives in SoHo, although she will be renting in the Hamptons for part of the summer. She can’t stay away. “New York is where I work, and the Hamptons is where I live.” “What’s your day like?” I asked. “I wake up at 6:30, drink a yogurt shake, workout, go running, or cycling. It’s illegal to run on the sidewalks. I’ve always run on the street.” At the present time, Kelly is looking for a new challenge. After being a model, Editor of ELLE Accessories, columnist, author and TV personality, she’s ready for a change, and made one in January. In anticipation of it, she is getting an MBA from Northeastern University in International Business and Marketing. Maybe she will help designers with financing, or maybe she will continue to consult for brands as their “secret weapon.” “I’ve always been excited by possibility. With the right tools, you can do anything. I have always believed in taking leaps of faith,” she said. “What is that?” “Putting myself in a modeling contest, going to school and working, moving to Europe, going back to school, and always welcoming challenges. I don’t like to look back. I just go for it. I’m lucky, for I know I can always go home.”
Kelly is involved a great deal with philanthropy, mostly where it helps children. And this is not something new. She has been involved with it since high school. “When I was 16, I worked for the Red Cross. I helped with food drives. I was a fund-raiser. I seem to have a knack for raising money in unusual ways.” Not long ago, she came up with an idea to raise funds for Hale House, an organization that helps disadvantaged children in Harlem. She created an event called “Get Your Jeans Off.” I was in the Screen Actors Guild,” she said. “I went online and found out which actors were represented by whom. I contacted the agents and asked them to ask their artists/actors to use Sharpies to sign their denim jeans to auction them off. After I compiled Yoko Ono, Madonna, Michael Jordan, Julian Schnabel among others, I went to Peter Arnell and he created a catalogue of them, which won an art direction award. We then framed the jeans as art and sold them. That event raised over six figures, and created a database of over 4000 names. Two years ago, Kelly took her oldest daughter to Haiti on a trip for Generosity Water. She works at Food Bank as one of their celebrity ambassadors in New York, packing boxes in the warehouses, serving food and stocking the pantries. “Doing this work is a big part of our lives,” she says. She pauses. “I love working with my kids. And I feel everyone deserves an opportunity. That starts with a meal and clean water.”
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Giving Up Gas Isn’t An Option By David lion Rattiner
America needs gas in order to function. Every country does. There’s no viable way of producing a lot of energy for the world without some sort of environmental impact. It’s a Catch-22 situation. We need gas in order to live modern and comfortable lives, but how we go about getting it can harm the environment dramatically. There’s also, of course, an enormous amount of money at stake. So my eyebrow was raised when I heard that
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because I see the hypocrisy when it comes to energy. Based on what I’ve read (and I’ve also watched the first Gasland), the movie demonstrates how the stakes have been raised when it comes to fracking natural gas in the United States and debunks prevailing myths about fracking by arguing how and why fracked wells inevitably leak over time. The iconic image of running water from a faucet catching on fire is reprised, as director Fox shows how methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, contaminates the water and air, hurts families and endangers the Earth’s climate. Just an FYI, methane is also produced by cow farts. I don’t know about you, but I’m just getting kind of tired of pretending that we don’t need oil or gas in order to live. I dare you to live a week without using it. I dare you to go camping without building a fire or bringing batteries with you. If the answer was solar or wind, I’d be in favor of it. But in my experience, I can’t even get a simple room light to work reliably using solar power. I once bought a solar-powered fan for my sailboat in Sag Harbor and the damn thing was a joke, was made in China, and was probably shipped over in a massive container run by a massive diesel-powered ship. The fan worked for five minutes. My point is, that there’s no guilt-free answer to our CO2 problem, much like there’s no guiltfree answer to anything in life. EVERYTHING produces some kind of waste. How you manage it is what needs to be the focus in my opinion, not a direct attack on the actual product that’s producing the energy. I’m sorry, but in my opinion, discovering the ocean of natural gas in America is one of the best things that has ever happened to us. It provides jobs, energy that is domestic, energy that is cleaner than most and can help us get off of our reliance on foreign oil. Do I like the process of fracking? Of course I don’t. I don’t like that it uses so much water, or that chemicals are used in order to extract the gas from the ground, or the giant companies who seem to do what they want. But I DO like natural gas, and there’s not a single one of you out there reading this who hasn’t benefited from it in some way, and if you didn’t have it you’d complain faster then you can say, “It’s hot in here turn on the A/C.”
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Storage Wars at the Cook-Out M id-July, the days of picnics and barbecues and tupper wars are upon us. Many foods are brought to gatherings in plastic containers. But there are many big decisions made regarding which containers to bring. All women have similar choices in their cabinets. First, we have our new and best plastic containers. I am in love with Lock-N-Lock containers from QVC. They have silicone gaskets and secure click-down tabs. If you like—and trust—the people whose barbecue you’re attending, you can use your best containers without fear of container attrition.
My first set of Lock-N-Lock containers were a green set of 16 pieces. They were slowly taken by male family members and never seen again. Container attrition happens when other people really like your containers and the containers somehow follow these people home. Often people use the excuse that your potato salad is so good, they want to take the leftovers home and swear they will wash and return your container to you. Of course, that never happens. You ask for your container back twice and the third time they ask you, “Why are you making such a big deal about this container? Is it the only one you have? Is it made of gold? I don’t know where it is, okay?” So you relent and your set of containers is now minus one. I’ve gotten so traumatized by container attrition over the years that I only bring my good containers to my mother’s house and that’s only because I bought her the exact same set I have in yellow. So if she takes one my pink containers, I can hold one of her yellow ones hostage until we arrange a prisoner exchange. The next level of containers we all have hanging around our cabinets are the old and faded tupperware versions and some still have a lid. I have a complete assortment of old tupperware that is designated for summertime sacrifice. When they’re carried off with leftover macaroni salad, I just wave goodbye. It’s much better that way. If a woman has a good container of yours, you always have that awkward moment when you meet and you wanna ask her for your good container back, but don’t want to come off as irritated as you actually are. The third level in the container world is what I call the bachelor level. These are containers you are re-using from store-bought items. Bringing potato salad in a Country Crock butter tub is an example of a bachelor container. Some of the store-bought foods are coming in nice reusable containers now, like Deli Select cold cuts. There’s a good and bad side for buying bachelor containers for gatherings. On one hand it says, “Feel free to take these containers
and foods they’re in home with you.” On the other hand, it says, “I don’t even trust you enough to use my old tupperware, so here’s my cucumber salad in a Blue Bonnet container, good luck getting that home without spilling.” My very first set of Lock-N-Lock containers were a nice kelly green set of 16 pieces. They were slowly borrowed by male family member fishermen and never seen again. I made two important decisions after that; 1. Only buy containers in hot pink, because for You can’t touch this! a guy to carry bait in a pink container would be like holding up a cross to a vampire. 2. Tell any they touch it. guys that Lock-N-Lock emits a chemical known That will make them grab the old stuff every as anti-Viagra with the predictable results if time.
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Rappaport worked as a fashion reporter, then entertainment reporter. “And then, in the ’80s, I got the magic call to co-host PM Magazine in New York with a great guy named Matt Lauer. We had good chemistry instantly.” She went from WCBS, then “I got a career changing call from NBC’S Today Show, and for the first 16 years of my now 22 years here, I was their entertainment reporter, and it was one of the most coveted jobs in the world. “I was amazed at how many people I interviewed loved animals like I do, and it was a great ice-breaker,” which brought up the idea of doing a book on celebrities and their horses, with her sister, Linda Solomon, taking the photos. The New York Times Best Seller People We Know, Horses They Love, features stars like Morgan Freeman, Richard Gere, Robert Duvall and Dennis Quaid. But the interview with Robert Redford at his Sundance ranch in Utah was the most thrilling, in more than one sense. “He came riding up on his palomino, ‘Charm,’ and said he’d meet me inside for the interview. Once indoors, we sat practically on top of each other—my good fortune!—on this little bench. I have always been obsessed with Robert Redford— hey, what woman isn’t? So I began recording the interview, but I was way too vain to put my glasses on to see the recorder! He proceeded to give me one of the most revealing, wonderful interviews. After, I rushed out to listen to it, and to my horror there was nothing there! My vanity and lousy eyesight caused me to press rewind instead of record! My career flashed before my eyes.” But whoa, there’s more: After dinner, “He came up to me and said, ‘So how was the interview?’ And I nauseously said, ‘The good news is I get to spend another thirty minutes with you!’ So he did the interview all over again—45 minutes this time--and it was even better!” Before he left, she had Redford sign a book release, after which “he joked that based on my first screw-up perhaps he should have read it over again before signing it so quickly. I said, ‘No problem Bob, I now own half of Sundance, and in six months I will be Mrs. Robert Redford.’” Rappaport even named one of her own horses “Sundance,” and made Redford the cover story for the best selling book, which is one of four she has written. One of her most exciting projects has been launching “Jill Rappaport’s Rescued Me Collection,” a line of leashes and collars to benefit animals in need, and now available in Petcos around the country, bearing slogans like “I’m a Heart Melter From a Shelter” and “Smitten By My Rescue Kitten.” Also, She designed a line of equestrian jewelry with London Jewelers called “Hannah’s Heart,” named after her beloved late mare, which supports the ASPCA. It’s all been very glamorous, her dream job as entertainment reporter. But Jill Rappaport’s dream now is to empty out the animal shelters across the country and put the dogs and cats in loving homes for life. “The stars don’t need my help, animals do, and I am honored to be a voice for our fur angels.”
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To Foodie Heaven and Beyond
I consider the the ingestion of Gael Greene’s saliva an inoculant against mediocrity! Gael summered on the East End for years, often spending time with her dear friend and famous foodie Craig Claiborne. I invited her out for DTOTF and she accepted. Fingers-crossed she’ll be out again next month to give readings from her as-steamy-as-ever books (notably Delicious Sex, Doctor Love and Blue Skies, No Candy). So here’s what-all Gael and I ingested. The descriptions and thoughts on the food are mine. To get Gael’s take on things you have to visit her website insatiable-critic.com. I recommend signing up for her weekly newsletter and Twitter feed. Hers is one of only two email newsletters that I subscribe to—and the only one I read immediately! After posing for photos with Dan Rattiner and with avid fans, Gael got down to business with a lovely Crab Stuffed Deviled Egg from Noah’s in Greenport. I ate mine in one luscious bite. We followed with another Greenport delicacy—a shell of Oysters Friskafella from The Frisky Oyster (Chef Robby Beaver) featuring a Widow’s Hole Oyster. I’m not an oyster fan generally but this one was very good. Onto what we agreed was a highlight, a Tuna Taquito from 668 The Gigshack (Chef Gray Gardell) of spiced tuna tartar in a wonton taco wrap with avocado, sesame seeds, microgreens, lime and Sriracha. As much as she liked it, Gael shared her taquito with me. This became our pattern—I consider
My fave foodies: Gael Greene and Sarabeth Levine
the ingestiontion of Gael Greene’s saliva an inoculant against mediocrity! On to the North Fork Table & Inn (NFTI) table where Gael caught up with NFTI’s pastry chef and co-owner Claudia Fleming. We enjoyed her husband Chef Gerry Hayden’s Rock Shrimp Ceviche with Thai lemongrass emulsion and green papaya. We took in some of Bostwick’s very hot chowder. The Fish Taco from Share House didn’t grab me. Then I got to rub shoulders with my favorite farmer-chef Keith Luce behind the The Square’s table. Keith shook Gael’s hand and recounted their meeting in Chicago years ago. People raved about his NoFo Duckling Summer Rolls. (By the time you read this, I will have visited Keith’s new restaurant (Continued on page 82)
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About 1,800 people had a ball Saturday night at the Third Annual Dan’s Taste of Two Forks (DTOTF) in Bridgehampton. This number includes staff, we were all rockin’ the tent! Money was raised for local food pantries, boldfaced names came out in droves, the party was pumpin’. But, since you’re reading this column, you most want a blow-by-blow of the food, right? As I waited my turn to take a photo, behind a tall heavy-set gentleman, at Citarella’s table displaying a luscious profusion of paella, I said to him, “Real foodies take shots of the FOOD.” He replied “Uh-huh!” in a sort of verbal high five. I’ll deliver on the blow-by-blow, but first you’ll want to know a little something about my date. Gael Greene. Yes, that Gael Greene. She’s still out there trying food and writing about it as only she can 50 years in. Famously the author who introduced the masses to the concept of “Siberia” seating in high-end restaurants, Gael is serious about food. It’s the food that matters. In fact, she’s credited with coining the term “foodie” in 1980! You can see her tell it like it is on reruns of Top Chef Masters.
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Sagg Holds Special Place in Artist’s Heart enough (like “Cliffs of Shadmor”) the Springs Invitational Exhibit in consider the atmosphere created by August. the artist: mysterious and mythic. How did you discover this area? Tapestry artist Pamela These are places where we would I just happened to wander down Topham has a special way no doubt find peace and tranquility. to the Sag Store and post office in with materials and subject Topham finds the same qualities 1975. There was even a gas pump matter. While there are among flower and potato fields. there. You could get your milk and landscape images by other Sagaponack, though, holds special mail at the time. Now the store and artists featuring local memories for her. post office are separated. Anyway, settings, Topham captures Can you explain where some of it was the center of town. It was indigenous areas in a way your images are located in your all farmland. The Whites and the that lingers long after we Sagaponack series? Toppings owned a lot of the land Pamela Topham have seen her work. A One is at the head of Sagg Road then. Here was a small green place I favorite place for Topham is Sagaponack, the where the pond opens up to the ocean. Another felt I discovered. location of this week’s cover. If the names of is at the top of the pond on Sag Road by the Through the years, what else do you work in this five-piece series are not arresting schoolhouse as you go over the bridge. My remember about Sagaponack? tapestry, “Head of Sag Pond,” will be shown at I remember Loaves & Fishes when it started as a fish market, before it had a personal connection to Sagaponack in the 1980s. In the 1990s, I had a feeling Sagaponack wouldn’t last, like Parsonage Lane and the potato fields. Besides this historical perspective, you also Gourmet Italian Ices have a personal connection to the area. I loved the flower field, especially the bachelor buttons, and when my daughter Eliza was 10 years old, I took a picture of her in front of the field. I did a weaving of that field which was in Montauk located at Kirk Park parking lot exhibited at the Textile Museum in San Jose, (across from 7-11 and next to IGA) California. And flowers meant a lot to me. I used to grow them at White’s farm where I worked. When did you transfer your love of the land Serving over 20 Homemade to tapestry and what did it look like? 19’ to 23’ Power Boats Italian Ice Flavors & Specialty Ices: My first work was a big 16-foot tapestry, Daily, Weekly, Monthly Rentals L & B Spumoni Gardens which my dealer sold. But I’ve done small Delivery and Pick Up Available pieces, too, like for the East End Hospice’s cigar box auction. I remember having a piece at Guild Make Your Reservations Now! Hall and at a welcoming party, Guild Hall’s new director asked me what kind of artist I was. “I We Deliver! did that,” I said to her, pointing to the work. For more information email You just came back from your second trip to ItalianIces@MontaukIceCo.com the Czech Republic, participating as an artistOPEN DAILY - 7 DAYS in-residence. What are some nice memories? Aquebogue, NY 631-722-BOAT (2628) (weather permitting) I spent a little time in Prague; the tile roofs LighthouseBoatRentals.com and the Charles River were wonderful. I went 27877 to the Castle side of the river and took shots of the river from above, as it bends. But my main goal was to get out of town. The manager of the artist-in-residence program drove me through the countryside. I remember the foothills and the mountains in the background. I especially loved Cesky Krumlov, a UNESCO world heritage Sleep Well, Live Well. site, and the 8th century monastery there. I stayed in the town with artists from all over the world. I’d love to return. There’s still so much to learn and see around the place. You also went to Budapest and took pictures. I spent a week there seeing lots of antique artifacts. What about art in general in Prague and Budapest? There’s an enormous amount to absorb. In Prague, there was music everywhere walking down the street. In Budapest, we went to a historical museum about the history of Hungary. We also had a tour of the opera house. It was an exquisite place. I hope to go back, of course. By MARION WOLBERG-WEISS
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My Life In a Country Music Video By kelly laffey
“It’s a smile, a kiss, a sip of wine, it’s summertime. Sweet summertime.” I didn’t necessarily plan on doing the unthinkable and leaving the Hamptons over the 4th of July weekend. But Vermont called. As Zac Brown says, “I like my chicken fried, cold beer on a Friday night, a pair of jeans that fit just right and the radio on.” All those things are available in Vermont. So I went. A major upside to the time away is that I experienced many slices of small-town Americana. Here’s how to live your life like you’re in a country music video:
4. I entered a hot dog eating contest. Competing in a hot dog eating contest is one of those things that I would have liked to put on a life bucket list, had I thought that the chances of me ever having an opportunity to enter were even remotely possible. I signed the waiver saying that I wouldn’t sue if something went horribly wrong, filled up my water glass and took my seat amongst the other fierce competitors. The challenge: all you can eat in five minutes. The result: I finished two. The winner ate seven. He was halfway through number eight when time was called. And I was falling in love as he was walking away.
5. Light off fireworks way too close to spectators. The impressive Saturday night fireworks display had us craning our necks at a 90° angle to see them. The guy who was lighting them off was practically dancing on the fuses. 6. Last on the list of things to do to pretend like you’re auditioning for the CMAs: Pay attention to baseball, which is entering into the second half now that the All-Star Game is over. Head to the stadium to take in the atmopshere of America’s favorite pastime. Or, check out the festivities from your favorite watering hole...
1. Before leaving the East End, I watched the Southampton 4th of July Parade. Parades are like the color pink: You love them when you’re young, are too cool to bother attending when you’re a preteen and in some strange time warp, eventually end up looking forward to it every year. It’s very Norman Rockwell. The most amusing aspect about the Southampton parade is that it seems like every fire department on the East End brings all fire trucks, vehicles, sirens, horns and flashing lights in their possession. I dream that one day, the North Sea Fire Department will be allowed to entertain the crowd with their shenanigans again. Not in a dangerous way. Just in a “this-is-an-awesome-way-to-end-the-parade” way. 2. I began my journey up to Vermont at the Southampton Train Station. The train was late, stopping just west of the station on the tracks opposite the platform. And it sat there. For about 20 minutes. Finally, an eastbound train pulled into the station. Within minutes of the second train leaving, I watched as the conductor on my train climbed down from his post, manually shifted the tracks and got back inside to steer the train from the far track to the near track and into the station. No technology needed?
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Healthy Tobacco Just a Pipe Dream? By MATTHEW APFEL
have jobs. But that’s beside the point. I arrived at my hotel late, around 11 p.m. The lobby was packed with nerdy guys like me, but there was a very hip, un-nerdy party vibe in the air. As I checked in, I noticed something strange: Every other guy was smoking a cigarette. I knew this was San Francisco, where anything and everything goes. But I also knew that SF is the epicenter of healthy living, with a rigorous smoking ban that’s been in effect for years. I was confused, so I asked the concierge what was up. She laughed and told me that those weren’t cigarettes. They were vaporizers—electronic cigarettes—that give off no odor or offensive smoke. Apparently they were okay for public consumption. Apparently, I’m really old… I was intrigued. I struck up a conversation with a couple of dudes and they set me straight. Sure enough, these “e-cigarettes” look like your garden variety Marlboros or Newports, but instead of lighting a match, you open a small chamber, insert some tobacco, and press a button. The battery-powered device heats up to a billion degrees and mixes in a propylene chemical (the same stuff that’s in anti-freeze, apparently). In about 30 seconds, the tobacco is literally vaporized, delivering an odorless
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hit of nicotine. There’s no tar or smoke. Some e-cigarettes even have flavoring, from chocolate to mint to Peach Schnapps. (I’m not making that up.) I took a puff; then I quickly realized that my new bros were enjoying a certain herb that’s much stronger than tobacco. Hey, this was California. I couldn’t believe my eyes, or my nose! Over the past 10 years, smoking has been relegated to an act of secrecy. On cold or rainy days, we pass by building lobbies and see them, the smokers, huddled together like outcasts, puffing like crazy as a mini-cloud hovers by the revolving doors. My pals saw the dreamy look on my face and realized I was new to all this. They insisted this was totally legal, and no one could challenge you for smoking in public anymore. They also told me that Silicon Valley was getting on-board in a big way. Sean Parker is an investor in one company—yeah, the Facebook/Napster guy who was played by Justin Timberlake in the movie! Even cooler: Designers from Apple have formed another company to build super-modern vaporizers for the whole family!!
It sounded like they were blowing smoke. But here we are, three months later, and every time I turn on the TV I see another ad for another e-cigarette. It reminds me of the early days of Viagra: images of guys out there, having fun, squeezing the most out of life and digging their e-cigarettes as the occasional cute girl passes by. Hilarious. But as I thought about all this, some interesting ethical questions began to formulate in my mind. (This was long after the San Francisco “green” cigarette had worn off.) Can technology really mask or eliminate the harmful effects of cigarettes? Will my kids be asking me to buy them a vaporizer in 2022? Or will it be some other gadget that miraculously sobers them up before they drive? The experienced grownup inside of me is skeptical. There are no miracle cures out there, right? If it’s too good to be true, then it always is. But the technological dreamer inside of me asks, why not try? The FDA is about to weigh in. It’s studying e-cigarettes and will soon issue rules, regulations and guidelines for this new phenomenon. Which means an outright ban is eminently possible.
complex, The Square, in Greenport for a thorough tasting. Wednesdays in Greenport can be glorious!) Gael indulged in some of Mercado’s (Chef Marcel Link) Carne Asada at the next table, but I guess I was still distracted by shop talking with Keith. Oh well, I can visit Mercado in Bridgehampton anytime—though their extensive tequila menu is strictly for special occasions. Trata’s Mini Chicken & Shrimp Souvlaki with Fresh Tzatziki was far from mini and so good! We tried some of B. Smith’s (Chef Walter Hinds’) Seared Pepper Tuna on Sweet Potato Crisp with Red Miso Glaze and realized we needed drinks. Gael sampled Bai’s Pom-Tinis while I gathered desserts Ooh - paella! for her to try. Sarabeth Levine kindly improvised a cardboard tray for me to fill. Gael and I Hair Colorist to the Stars himself Marc settled into the lounge area. Gael raved about Zowine came bounding over to meet Gael. After Sarabeth’s cookies. I guess I’m spoiled—I have about 1.5 sentences he blurted out what we all them regularly! Gael found Anke’s Fit Bakery wanted to: cookies and fruity desserts better than she’d “Tell me where to eat in New York!” and Gael expected—“healthy” can be a scary word when did. Lucky for you, dear reader, she gave me it comes to desserts, but not in this case. The permission to share her current “short list”: pie samples (from a vendor that was not listed ABC Kitchen, Cherry, Empellón Cocina and in the program) underwhelmed. RedFarm.
Did I say it was ALL about food? No, it’s also about sharing, it’s about generosity. Foodies are generous by nature. I can’t tell you how often Gael says, “This is so good—you must try it!” From our first encounter, a phone interview years ago, I knew she had much to teach me and, happily, she was willing to take me along on her fabulous ride. Part of me may still want to be Cher when I grow up, but Gael Greene in the coolest critic ever. Fabulously “insatiable.” This is a woman who was an award-winning writer and who slept with Elvis before I was born! I’ve already mentioned another of my favorite foodie legends who was at the event—Sarabeth Levine. She’s also totally generous by nature. We’re always trying to get together to make jam. But she and her husband Bill are off opening new Sarabeth’s restaurants while I’m editing a weekly magazine that often runs longer than a monthly magazine. She tried to get me to take her shoes so we’d be forced to get together again! Soon, Sarabeth, soon, we’ll get together to make jam like our grandmothers did—to feed the soul. S. Dermont
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Bridgehampton Polo Snowden Graffiti Attempts to Club Announces 17th Spark Dialogue Season
Peconic Land Trust Aquires 20 Acres of Farmland SOUTHAMPTON: John v.H. Halsey, President of the Peconic Land Trust, has announced the acquisition of 20 acres of productive agricultural land in Bridgehampton on Route 27. The land, which was purchased with the help of the South Fork Land Foundation and an anonymous supporter, was acquired by William Haines as a consequence of the Little South Division of 1682 and was purchased from his 9th generation descendants. “It is our goal to make the land available to farmers who grow food and to respect the legacy that the soil represents as well as its special capacity to produce crops of benefit to all,” said Lee Foster, SFLF’s Treasurer. The Trust will retain ownership of the property, which has been in food production throughout the nine generations the family owned it, for the foreseeable future and incorporate it into its Farms for the Future Initiative.
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BRIDGEHAMPTON: Unveiling a newly renovated backdrop for fast-paced high goal polo, Two Trees Farm will once again host the Bridgehampton Polo Club, now in its 17th season. For six consecutive Saturdays, from July 20 through August 24, fans will descend upon the polo grounds, ready to take in the sport of kings. On the field, teams will compete for the coveted USPA Monty Waterbury and Hamptons Cup tournament titles. Four teams composed of some of the top high-goal players in the world include Magoo Laprida, Victor Vargas, Juan Martin Nero, Tommy Biddle and Mariano Aguerre. Bridgehampton Polo Club owner Peter Brant will take the field once again with his legendary White Birch polo team. “We are really happy to have such a high level of play in the Hamptons once again,” commented Brant.
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SOUTHAMPTON: On Monday, a large graffiti image of a snowman wearing glasses and a Superman “S” symbol, alongside the word “SNOWDEN,” appeared scrawled across the plywood window boards of the former used Mercedes dealership at the intersection of Flying Point Road, Hampton Road and Route 27 in Southampton. Former National Security Agency (NSA) technical contractor and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee Edward Snowden has been something of a folk hero to certain people since he leaked information to the press about top secret United States and British surveillance programs last month—and like Che Guevera and other rebels, this status has led graffiti artists to celebrate him through their illegal street art in public spaces around the world. So, who painted the Hamptons’ Snowden graffiti? The tag below the picture reads “BAMN,” and it turns out this piece isn’t the first time someone using that name has commemorated a government whistleblower. In November of 2011, Greenpointers.com featured a story about a large BAMN mural in Brooklyn’s McCarren Park, depicting famous U.S. Army soldier and whistle-blower Bradley Manning—who leaked thousands of classified military documents and videos to WikiLeaks in 2010. The image of Manning featured the word “Hero” written above his smiling face. Discussing the graffiti with Greenpointers.com, an artist identifying himself as BAMN said, “What’s shocking to me is that whistle-blowing is considered treason. I support Manning and WikiLeaks wholeheartedly, but the mural was painted for the public. My only intention is to spark dialogue.” BAMN is also an acronym for “By Any Means Necessary,” so it could be anyone. But if the Snowden graffiti is indeed painted by the same man, it appears he thought the Hamptons was a good place to send another message. Was BAMN here for ArtHamptons or artMRKT Hamptons? Did the artist exhibit work under another name, or was it just an opportune time to reach out? Sound off on DansPapers.com.
Bridgehampton National Bank Opens 23rd Branch on Shelter Island SHELTER ISLAND: Bridgehampton National Bank is expanding! The bank’s 23rd branch recently opened on Shelter Island with a ribbon cutting. The branch is located at 21 North Ferry Road. “We are excited to open a branch on Shelter Island, bridging the gap between the North and South Forks,” President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin O’Connor said. As part of its efforts to support the local community, BNB will work with the Shelter Island Historical Society to restore 12 historic signs across the island.
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SAGAPONACK: On Saturday, July 20, the James Beard Foundation will honor Andrew Zimmern at their annual Chefs and Champagne event at Wolffer Estate Vineyards in Sagaponack. There’s certainly a wow factor in Andrew Zimmern’s life. Starting with, “he’s the guy who isn’t afraid to eat (almost) anything.” Andrew Zimmern is a three-time award winning TV personality, chef, author and teacher. An anthropologist of sorts, through the Travel Channel, as host and producer he filters global cultures—the way they eat, the way they live and documents their stories. Zimmern travels a great deal and can’t help but be affected by the tribal cultures he experiences in the many exotic destinations he travels to. “Tribal people in general” he says, “are eating food that is undistinguishable from the food they ate a couple of thousand years ago when they foraged in the wild.” And his passion is to recount the memorabilia. Some of Zimmern’s ‘bizarre foods’ may consist of pork belly, gumbo, cuddlefish and octopus, not so bizarre for the culinary cognoscenti, but he’s here to tell us how to prepare the unusual and the many ways to enjoy them through his cookbooks, as contributing editor of Food & Wine magazine and the Travel Channel. He has a particular bent for Asian, Latino and Thai food. When consulting with restaurants, he has helped to transform their menus with these popular food styles. —Silvia Lehrer
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"Hops For Habitat" at Montauk Brewing Company The next time you sit down to eat bay scallops, flounder or striped bass, please take a moment to thank Cornell Cooperative Extension's Eelgrass and Seagrass Restoration Programs, which are vital to their future survival in our East End waters. Montauk Brewing Company generously held an "art+awareness" benefit, combining an art show/ sale and great beer. Photographs by Richard Lewin
The Mystery of Irma Vep at Bay Street Theatre Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor presented an outrageous production of the classic, award-winning Charles Ludlam satirical farce “The Mystery of Irma Vep” that pokes delightfully loony fun at Victorian melodrama and Alfred Hitchcock’s film “Rebecca.” Photographs by Barry Gordin
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Southampton Center...Arts, Community, Culture The Southampton Center located at 25 Jobs Lane (Previous home of the Parrish Museum) is offering FREE and diverse arts and cultural program as well as live performances, film, and children's activities this summer. The center depends on the support of generous donors. Photographs by Katlean de Monchy
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Midsummer Party at the Parrish Art Museum The annual summer party at the Parrish featured cocktails, dinner and dancing into the wee hours and attracted many artists and patrons. Photographs by Tom Kochie
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ArtMRKT Southampton ArtMRKT Hamptons opening night VIP Party began with a preview benefitting the LongHouse Reserve. Photographs by Tom Kochie
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Michael Daley and Ana Maria Nieto
Prince of Scots Apres Beach Garden Party Prince of Scots in Water Mill held their first Apres Beach Garden Party this year. This store has been a great success since its grand opening last year. Many guests' attended this event to join in on some great wine, hors d'oeuvres music and conversation. Photographs courtesy of Prince of Scots
Vered and Janet Lehr with a sculpture by Colin Christian
Charles Wildbank's "The East Enders" Art Exhibit Charles Wildbank's new and old artwork will be on exhibit through August 15th in the barn, located directly behind Jedediah Hawkins Inn in Jamesport. His exhibit consists of photorealistic paintings, mainly portraits. Photographs by Megan Lane Charles Wildbank shows off his "Praying Monks" to his young fans, Michael and Peter Bohan
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